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Development and Validation of the Test Takers' Metacognitive Awareness Reading Questionnaire (TMARQ)
Zhang, Limei; Aryadoust, Vahid; Zhang, Lawrence Jun – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2014
This article reports the development of the Test Takers' Metacognitive Awareness Reading Questionnaire (TMARQ) which measures test takers' metacognition in reading comprehension tests. The TMARQ comprises seven subscales: planning strategies, evaluating strategies, monitoring strategies, strategies for identifying important information,…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Reading Tests, Questionnaires, Program Validation
Sylvén, Liss Kerstin; Sundqvist, Pia – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2016
This study aims to present the validation of a test designed to assess young learners' general L2 English vocabulary knowledge, the Young Learner Vocabulary Assessment Test (YLVAT). YLVAT consists of 37 items selected from the K1-2 frequency levels of the Productive and Vocabulary Levels Tests. In the study, Swedish learners (N = 52, age 12) took…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Vocabulary Skills, Vocabulary Development, Language Tests
Gifford, Diane Baty – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Research has shown that educators may be missing an under-identified population of approximately 10 percent of typically developing children, who have fluent, age-appropriate decoding and word recognition skills, yet have specific difficulties with other higher-level text processing factors. These children are said to have specific comprehension…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Children, Reading Comprehension, Reading Diagnosis
Wheldall, Kevin; McMurtry, Sarah – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2014
The Test of Everyday Reading Comprehension (TERC) has recently been presented as an addition to the armoury of tests available for assessing the skills of low-progress readers. While comparison data for students of different ages are presented together with evidence for high test reliability, there is, as yet, no published evidence for its…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Test Validity, Reading Skills
Poliandri, Donatella; Cardone, Michele; Muzzioli, Paola; Romiti, Sara – Online Submission, 2011
The purpose of this study is to validate a test anxiety scale for Italian students. The scale is part of a questionnaire administered after the students' annual competence test by the National Institute for the Educational Evaluation of Instruction and Training (INVALSI). The aim of the scale is to explore the anxiety levels of Italian students…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Standardized Tests, Rating Scales, Questionnaires
Schirmer, Barbara R.; Bailey, Jill; Lockman, Alison Schirmer – American Annals of the Deaf, 2004
Deaf students' reading strategies were identified by investigating these students' self-reported thinking during reading. In an earlier study (Schirmer, 2003), 10 elementary-level students attending a state school for the deaf had constructed meaning, monitored comprehension and activated strategies to improve comprehension, and evaluated…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Deafness, Measurement Techniques, Elementary School Students
Orange County Dept. of Education, Santa Ana, CA. – 1981
The major goal of Project IMPACT (Improve Minimal Proficiencies by Activating Critical Thinking) is to improve student achievement on district tests of basic skill competency. The program seeks to improve student performance on tests requiring critical thinking with emphasis on reading and mathematics. Students involved in Project IMPACT work in a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Design, Inservice Teacher Education
Online Submission, 2005
These papers are partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Science Degree in Education at Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota. The cohort included a variety of licensure areas that represent most levels and content areas of K-12 education. The students were encouraged to keep their questions and hypothesis directed at…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Research Papers (Students), Elementary Secondary Education, Anthologies