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Carver, Ronald P. – J Educ Meas, 1970
Two studies analyze and evaluate the use of the chunk," a small group of meaningfully related words within a sentence, as a test item in reading and listening tests. (PR)
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Listening Comprehension Tests, Measurement Techniques, Multiple Choice Tests
Peer reviewedCarver, Ronald P.; And Others – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1971
Concludes that cloze tests as measure of comprehension includes a large component of variance specific to cloze technique and ability to comprehend speeded speech involves ability to be field independent. (MM)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Cognitive Ability, Factor Analysis, Listening Comprehension
Peer reviewedCarver, Ronald P.; Darby, Charles A., Jr. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1972
Descriptors: College Students, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Reading Tests
Peer reviewedCarver, Ronald P. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1977
The reading storage test and the paraphrase test were compared to determine the extent to which each test was sensitive to the comprehension of prose passages as opposed to word memorization. (HOD)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Memorization, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedCarver, Ronald P.; Darby, Charles A., Jr. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1971
Discusses a reading test using chunked" items -- groups of meaningfully related words in which certain groups are changed in meaning from the original passage. (Author)
Descriptors: Information Storage, Multiple Choice Tests, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests
Peer reviewedCarver, Ronald P. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Comprehension, Higher Education
Download full textCarver, Ronald P. – 1970
In addition to using chunked items, the Carver-Darby Chunked Reading Test differs from the traditional reading test in the way it was developed and the manner in which the test scores are interpreted. The criterion for developing and revising test items was based on the inability of the readers to answer test items correctly before reading the…
Descriptors: College Students, Measurement Instruments, Performance Criteria, Reading Ability
Carver, Ronald P. – J Appl Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Capitalization (Alphabetic), College Students, Horizontal Organization, Memory
Carver, Ronald P. – 1969
Four conceptually different variables in reading: (1) knowledge gained (new information), (2) amount comprehended (degree of understanding), (3) reading aptitude (differences between individuals), and (4) reading improvement (within individual changes as a result of treatment) are discussed. Existing measures of reading comprehension are evaluated…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Test Construction
Peer reviewedCarver, Ronald P. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1992
Investigates factors measured by several tests of reading comprehension. Four different factor analyses consistently resulted in Efficiency Level factor when there was one factor; when there were two factors, one was interpreted as Accuracy Level and the other as Rate Level factor. Finds that the most important factor involved is Efficiency Level,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Factor Analysis, Higher Education, Reading Achievement
Carver, Ronald P. – 1973
A standardized method has been developed which will convert prose training materials into a form which forces the trainees to read the material with at least a minimal level of comprehension. The materials, called programed prose materials, are developed in an objective manner amenable to computer production. Phase I of the project involved an…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Area Reading, Objective Tests
