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Gershon, Richard C. – 1990
In an effort to improve the ways in which words are learned, the Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation (JOCRF) is attempting to determine the difficulty level of all non-technical words in the English language. This item banking project entails: (1) identifying words that should be calibrated; (2) writing a test item for each word; (3) testing the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Database Design, Databases, Difficulty Level


