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Evaluating Different Scoring Methods for the Speeded Cloze-elide Test: The Application of the {R}asch Partial Credit Model [PDF]

open access: yesTutorials in Quantitative Methods for Psychology, 2022
Cloze-elide tests are overall measures of both first (L1) and second language (L2) reading comprehension and communicative skills. Research has shown that a time constraint is an effective method to understand individual differences and increase the ...
Effatpanah, Farshad, Baghaei, Purya
doaj   +2 more sources

Validation of the Speeded Cloze-Elide Test as an Overall Measure of Proficiency in English as a Foreign Language

open access: yes, 2018
<p>In this study, the cloze-elide test was developed and administered under time constraints. This research is aimed to examine the validity and reliability of the speeded cloze-elide test and investigate its relationship with reading comprehension, C-Test, and multiple-choice cloze test.
Samaneh Zarei, Ali Akbar Boori
openaire   +3 more sources

Psychometric Evaluation of the Speeded Cloze-Elide Test as a General Test of Proficiency in English as a Foreign Language

open access: yes, 2018
In this study, the cloze-elide test was developed and administered under time constraints. This research is aimed to examine the validity and reliability of the speeded cloze-elide test and investigate its relationship with reading comprehension, C-Test, and multiple-choice cloze test.
Zare, Samaneh, Boori, Ali
core   +3 more sources

Morphology and Reading Skills in Arabic‐Speaking Syrian Refugee Children

open access: yesReading Research Quarterly, Volume 58, Issue 3, Page 391-405, July/August/September 2023., 2023
ABSTRACT Limited research has been conducted on the literacy skills of Arabic‐speaking refugee children. This study investigated the concurrent and longitudinal roles of morphological awareness in Arabic word reading and reading comprehension. A total of 75 Syrian refugee children aged 6–13 years resettled in Canada were administered measures of ...
Redab Al‐Janaideh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The relations between morphological awareness and reading comprehension in beginner readers to young adolescents

open access: yesJournal of Research in Reading, Volume 44, Issue 1, Page 110-130, February 2021., 2021
Background Morphological awareness plays a crucial role in supporting higher‐level text processing. We examined its contribution to reading comprehension in children of different ages and ability levels in order to determine when and for whom morphological awareness is of particular importance. Methods Three groups of children (aged 6–8 years, N = 128;
Emma James   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Demonstrating the causal role of the motor and the inhibitory neural networks in the comprehension of action language [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
In the last few decades, the notion that cognition is embodied, namely that it is grounded on the sensory and motor experiences has become an important approach in cognitive science.
Vitale, Francesca
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Preschool predictors of later reading comprehension ability: a systematic review

open access: yesCampbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 13, Issue 1, Page 1-155, 2017., 2017
This Campbell systematic review examines the relationships between skills in preschool and later reading comprehension. The review summarizes evidence from 64 longitudinal studies that have observed these relationships. Code‐related skills in preschool (e.g., phoneme awareness and letter knowledge) are indirectly related to reading comprehension via ...
Hanne Næss Hjetland   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Curriculum‐Based Measurement: A Brief History of Nearly Everything from the 1970s to the Present

open access: yesInternational Scholarly Research Notices, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013
This paper provides a description of 30 years of research conducted on curriculum‐based measurement. In this time span, several subject matter areas have been studied—reading, writing, mathematics, and secondary content (subject) areas—in developing technically adequate measures of student performance and progress.
Gerald Tindal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differentiation to improve the articulation between levels:In the teaching of English in primary and secondary education in the Netherlands. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Het onderwijs Engels in de basisschool krijgt erg divers vorm en in het voortgezet onderwijs wordt geen rekening gehouden met het zeer diverse niveau Engels van de leerlingen die uit het basisonderwijs instromen.
de Kraay, A.P.
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The predictive nature of language comprehension [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This dissertation explores the hypothesis that predictive processing--the access and construction of internal representations in advance of the external input that supports them--plays a central role in language comprehension.
Lau, Ellen Frances
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