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Rahman, Taslima; Alexander, Patricia A.; Chae, Soo Eun – Reading Psychology, 2022
This paper describes the benefits of a psychometric analytic approach when studying students' ability to comprehend texts. A reading comprehension measure consisting of four text passages with 32 questions was developed, and analyses using a mean-based approach and linear logistic test (LLTM) method were performed. According to ANOVA, eighth-grade…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests
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Singer Trakhman, Lauren M.; Alexander, Patricia A.; Sun, Yuting – Journal of Experimental Education, 2023
The comprehension and calibration of 54 undergraduates were investigated as they read excerpts from an introductory geology textbook on weather and soil in print and digitally. All excerpts were approximately 1600 words in length and contained a graph, a diagram, and three photographs that complemented or extended the written text. Each student…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Geology, Textbooks, Comprehension