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Direct linkFollmer, D. Jake; Fang, Shin-Yi; Clariana, Roy B.; Meyer, Bonnie J. F.; Li, Ping – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
The current study examined the relations among key variables that underlie reading comprehension of expository science texts in a diverse population of adult native English readers. Using Mechanical Turk to sample a range of adult readers, the study also examined the effect of text presentation on readers' comprehension and knowledge structure…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Reading Comprehension, STEM Education, Adults
Download full textMarcinkiewicz, Henryk R.; Clariana, Roy B. – 1997
This study extends earlier research on headings use in undergraduate testing, and examined whether headings within multiple-choice tests positively impact test performance. Participants were employees (n=143) of a large manufacturing plant in the western United States. The experimental group received a multiple-choice recertification test with…
Descriptors: Adults, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
