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Park, Gi-Pyo – Foreign Language Annals, 2004
This study compared L2 listening comprehension with L2 reading comprehension in terms of the roles of linguistic knowledge, background knowledge, and question types among 168 university students learning English in Korea. The analyses of the data found that L2 listeners processed inferential information more easily than factual information, while…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Linguistics, Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension
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Geiger, John F.; Millis, Keith K. – Reading Psychology an international quarterly, 2004
The present study examined the unique contributions of readers' goal and text structure on comprehension. In Experiment 1, participants read procedural and descriptive passages to perform the procedures, summarize the passages, or to answer questions. The perform goal showed highest comprehension, with no difference due to text type. In Experiment…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Reading Comprehension, Higher Education, College Students
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Larson, Meredith; Britt, M. Anne; Larson, Aaron A. – Reading Psychology an international quarterly, 2004
In two experiments, we examine university students' ability to comprehend authentic argumentative texts and factors that influence their application of this skill. Participants read several relatively lengthy arguments and identified the main claim and reasons. Experiment 1 shows that participants are not skilled at identifying key elements from…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, College Students, Higher Education, Persuasive Discourse
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Britt, M. Anne; Sommer, Jodie – Reading Psychology an international quarterly, 2004
Students are often asked to integrate information derived from reading multiple documents into a consistent story or model. Based on models of comprehending individual text, we predict that the structure and accessibility of earlier texts should influence one's ability to integrate a new text with previously learned material. In two experiments,…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension, Textbooks, Cognitive Processes
Ratcliff, James L.; And Others – 1991
Using the Cluster Analytic Model (CAM), two samples of graduating seniors from Georgia State University were studied to determine the effect of different patterns of college course work on their general learned abilities. The CAM uses Student Achievement Test scores, Graduate Record Examination scores, and transcripts for course work patterns.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Courses, Higher Education
Wood, Shaila Penelope – 1979
It was reasoned that readers who have difficulty processing intersentence relationships to discover main ideas of paragraphs would be among those identified as weak comprehenders by a standardized test measure. To test the hypotheses related to this premise, 48 community college students designated as good and poor comprehenders on main idea items…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Organization, Paragraphs
Spurlin, Joni E.; And Others – 1980
The effectiveness of different frequencies of summarization during studying and processing prose passages was compared. The 48 college students in the study were equally divided into a control group (normal study techniques), a frequent summarization group that created four noncumulative summaries at equally spaced intervals throughout the passage…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading
Perkins, Kyle; And Others – 1985
A study was carried on to analyze a data set in order to determine whether evidence can be found to support or refute the unitary factor hypothesis of language proficiency, which asserts that there is a single language dimension or factor underlying different language tests. The subjects were 50 advanced adult learners of English as a second…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Data Interpretation, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Powers, Donald E. – 1985
Undergraduate English faculty and faculty in six graduate fields were surveyed about students' academic listening needs. The objectives were (1) to obtain perceptions of the importance to academic success of various listening skills and activities, (2) to assess the degree to which both native and non-native speakers experience difficulties with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Construct Validity
New Jersey Basic Skills Council, Trenton. – 1985
Results of the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test are presented for fall 1984 entering freshmen. The test consists of an essay and four multiple choice sections: reading comprehension, sentence sense, computation, and elementary algebra. New forms of the test are developed each year. A total of 46,465 freshmen at 30 public colleges and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Algebra, Basic Skills
College Entrance Examination Board, Princeton, NJ. – 1981
Information on 1981 high school seniors in the United States or abroad who registered for the Admissions Testing Program (ATP), sponsored by the College Entrance Examination Board, is presented. Findings include the following: the number of women taking the (SAT) Scholastic Aptitude Test exceeded that of men for the seventh consecutive year; the…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Business Administration Education