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Yukhymenko-Lescroart, Mariya A.; Goldman, Susan R.; Lawless, Kimberly A.; Pellegrino, James W.; Shanahan, Cynthia R. – Educational Psychology, 2022
To extend the existing research examining multiple text comprehension and its assessment, we developed a verification task approach to assessing of information that was "explicitly" and "implicitly" presented "within" and across nine texts. A nonparametric form of signal detection theory was used to analyse the…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Middle School Students, Nonparametric Statistics
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Crossley, Scott A.; Skalicky, Stephen; Dascalu, Mihai; McNamara, Danielle S.; Kyle, Kristopher – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2017
Research has identified a number of linguistic features that influence the reading comprehension of young readers; yet, less is known about whether and how these findings extend to adult readers. This study examines text comprehension, processing, and familiarity judgment provided by adult readers using a number of different approaches (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Reading Comprehension, Readability, Adults
Kendeou, Panayiota; McMaster, Kristen L.; Christ, Theodore J. – Grantee Submission, 2016
Reading comprehension is multidimensional and complex. The persistent challenges children, adolescents, and even adults face with reading comprehension call for concerted efforts to develop assessments that help identify sources of difficulties and to design instructional approaches to prevent or ameliorate these difficulties. Doing so requires…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Teaching Methods, Reading Processes
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Lovett, Maureen W.; Lacerenza, Lea; De Palma, Maria; Frijters, Jan C. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
Preliminary efficacy data are reported for a research-based reading intervention designed for struggling readers in high school. PHAST PACES teaches (a) word identification strategies, (b) knowledge of text structures, and (c) reading comprehension strategies. In a quasi-experimental design, 268 intervention and 83 waiting list control students…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Quasiexperimental Design, Intervention, Standardized Tests
Haria, Priti Damji – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the effectiveness of instruction in a genre-specific reading comprehension strategy, "Critical Analysis of Argumentative Text" (CAAT), which was designed to help students to identify, summarize and critically analyze parts of argumentative text. Based on the premise that reading and writing require similar knowledge of text…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Text Structure, Criticism, Grade 5