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Perkins, Kyle; Duncan, Ann – 1989
To determine whether mastery of one reading comprehension task is a prerequisite to mastery of two or more reading comprehension tasks, a study examined the prerequisite relations existing in the item responses elicited from a sample of sixth grade students who took the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, Form G, Level 12 reading comprehension test. Test…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Prerequisites, Prior Learning
Perkins, Kyle; Duncan, Ann – 1986
This paper reports the results of a behavioral anchoring analysis of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (Form G, Level 12) vocabulary (41 items) and reading comprehension (56 items) tests. Subjects were 82 sixth-grade students enrolled at the Carterville (Illinois) Grade School. More specifically, a curriculum-referenced interpretation of the ability…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Perkins, Kyle; Duncan, Ann – 1986
Item responses from a standardized language arts usage and expression test were submitted to an ordering-theoretic data analysis procedure to identify the significant prerequisite relationships that underlay the data set. Responses were elicited from a sample of 81 sixth graders who took the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, Form G, Level 12 usage and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Expressive Language, Grade 6, Instructional Development
