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Zipke, Marcy – Reading Psychology, 2007
While it is generally acknowledged that metalinguistic awareness plays a role in decoding ability (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2000), less is known about the role metalinguistic awareness plays in comprehension. In the present study, structural riddles and ambiguous sentences differing in the source of linguistic…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grade 6, Reading Comprehension, Role
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Tulley, Michael A.; Farr, Roger – Reading Psychology, 1987
Examines the validity of estimates of instructional reading level produced by the Reading Comprehension Test of the 1986 Metropolitan Achievement Tests (MAT). Compares reading level estimates provided by the MAT, basal reader placement tests, an informal reading inventory, and classroom teachers' judgments. Suggests that each method, because of…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Educational Testing, Elementary Education