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Kaderavek, Joan N.; Guo, Ying; Justice, Laura M. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2014
The present study investigates the validity of a 4-point rating scale used to measure the level of preschool children's orientation to literacy during shared book reading. Validity was explored by (a) comparing the children's level of literacy orientation as measured with the "Children's Orientation to Book Reading Rating Scale" (COB)…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Reading Interests, Rating Scales, Test Validity
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Tirre, William C.; Pena, Carmen M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1992
Two experiments with approximately 377 newly enlisted Air Force personnel and 182 college students investigated the validity of a reading span test combining a knowledge verification task with a word memorization task. Results support the hypothesis that word recall reflects the amount of working memory functional in reading. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Testing, Higher Education, Knowledge Level
Christal, Raymond E. – 1991
Two courses on logic gates were administered to 1,191 male and female recruits in Basic Military Training in 3 studies (448, 431, and 312 subjects, respectively) to evaluate the relative validities of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) and the Learning Abilities Measurement Program (LAMP) tests in predicting individual…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Tests, Comparative Testing