Functional Literacy Tests: A Model of Question-Answering and an Analysis of Errors.

Fisher, Donald L.

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Publication Date: 1981

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Functional Literacy Tests: A Model of Question-Answering and an Analysis of Errors.

Fisher, Donald L.

Reading Research Quarterly, v16 n3 p418-48 1981

A study attempted to identify those performance-related factors that were responsible for subjects' errors on one measure of functional literacy. The analysis of errors revealed that the majority of errors could be explained in terms of information processing failures. (MKM)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Error Analysis (Language), Functional Literacy, Reading Research, Reading Skills, Reading Tests, Test Interpretation, Test Items, Test Validity

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