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Williams, Rihana Shiri; Ari, Omer; Santamaria, Carmen Nicole – Journal of Research in Reading, 2011
Recent investigations challenge the construct validity of sustained silent reading tests. Performance of two groups of post-secondary students (e.g. struggling and non-struggling) on a sustained silent reading test and two types of cloze test (i.e. maze and open-ended) was compared in order to identify the test format that contributes greater…
Descriptors: Evidence, Cloze Procedure, Reading Comprehension, Investigations
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Proske, Antje; Narciss, Susanne; McNamara, Danielle S. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2012
Research on expert performance suggests that deliberate practice provides optimal opportunities for expertise development. This study examined whether the provision of computer-based scaffolding (CBS) guiding deliberate practice facilitates students' development of writing expertise. A CBS environment "escribo" was designed to externally…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Feedback (Response), Writing Research, Expertise