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Dixon, Nancy Powell – 1975
The test developed in this study was a 60 item multiple-choice test. Content validity was established by the use of The Barrett Taxonomy of Cognitive and Affective Dimensions of Reading Comprehension as a basis for the test construction. Items were selected to represent subtypes in each of the five major areas of the taxonomy. Construct validity…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Doctoral Dissertations, Intellectual Development, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedPollio, Marilyn R.; Pollio, Howard R. – Journal of Child Language, 1979
Reports on a study designed to: (1) produce a multiple-choice test which would measure children's comprehension of figurative language, and (2) obtain information about the development of figurative language comprehension in children. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Figurative Language
Download full textEdmonson, Barbara; And Others – 1968
The relationship between the difficulty with which the retarded adolescent decodes visual social cues and the appropriateness of his social behavior was the basis of a study to determine whether social cue decoding could be taught the retarded in a manner analogous to the teaching of reading and writing, with beneficial behavioral results. The…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Rating Scales
