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Florit, Elena; Roch, Maja; Levorato, M. Chiara – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
According to multicomponent models (Oakhill & Cain, 2007a), text comprehension is a complex process that requires the processing of explicit (i.e., information presented in the text) and implicit information (i.e., information inferable from the text or from previous knowledge), and involves various components. This study investigated (a)…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Cognitive Processes, Reader Text Relationship, Comprehension
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Newton, Xiaoxia A.; Llosa, Lorena – American Journal of Evaluation, 2010
Most K-12 evaluations are designed to make inferences about how a program implemented at the classroom or school level affects student learning outcomes and such inferences inherently involve hierarchical data structure. One methodological challenge for evaluators is linking program implementation factors typically measured at the classroom or…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement, Program Implementation
Strand, Theresa; And Others – 1979
Use of the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests (WRMT), individually administered wide ranging reading tests, was explored, using Title I evaluation Models A1 and A2. Attention was focused on: (1) relationship of the Title I curriculum to the WRMT and the SRA Reading Test; (2) comparative reading achievement gains on both tests, using Model A1; and (3)…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Content Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests