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Revisiting Text Readability and Processing Effort in Second Language Reading: Bayesian Analysis of Eye‐Tracking Data

open access: yesLanguage Learning, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 671-703, June 2026.
Abstract Studies have explored the relationship between text readability and processing effort in second language (L2) reading—as evidenced by eye movements. However, these studies generally relied on short texts, raising concerns about the validity of the analyzed data. This study reexamined these relationships using open‐source eye‐tracking data from
Shingo Nahatame, Kazuhiro Yamaguchi
wiley   +1 more source

Crowdsourcing Multiple Choice Science Questions

open access: yes, 2017
We present a novel method for obtaining high-quality, domain-targeted multiple choice questions from crowd workers. Generating these questions can be difficult without trading away originality, relevance or diversity in the answer options.
Gardner, Matt   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Scope as a Source for Non‐Incremental Effects?

open access: yesLanguage and Linguistics Compass, Volume 20, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT Incrementality is one of the hallmarks of realtime language comprehension. It contrasts sharply with another feature of language comprehension, the high degree of context dependence exhibited by many expressions calling for global adaptations to the larger discourse context.
Fabian Schlotterbeck, Oliver Bott
wiley   +1 more source

Programa de computador para a criação e aplicação de testes de Cloze

open access: yesRevista Brasileira da Educação Profissional e Tecnológica
Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo validar um programa de computador para a criação e aplicação de Testes de Cloze no formato digital. Participaram 69 estudantes com idades entre 14 a 53 anos de uma escola de ensino médio técnico do interior do estado de São Paulo. Foi utilizado o Teste de Cloze “Coisas da natureza”.
Ewerton José da Silva   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Measure for Measure: A Critical Consumers' Guide to Reading Comprehension Assessments for Adolescents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
A companion report to Carnegie's Time to Act, analyzes and rates commonly used reading comprehension tests for various elements and purposes.
Catherine Snow   +2 more
core  

Cloze, Frequency, Surprisal, or Plausibility? A Comparative Analysis of Predictors for Local Ambiguity Resolution

open access: yesCognitive Science, Volume 50, Issue 4, April 2026.
Abstract This study investigated the cognitive mechanisms underlying the processing of garden‐path sentences by examining the influence of verb/structural bias, cloze probability, surprisal, and plausibility. Using self‐paced reading with yes/no comprehension questions, we analyzed a structurally diverse set of 11 types of ambiguous and unambiguous ...
Markéta Ceháková, Jan Chromý
wiley   +1 more source

Compreensão em leitura e avaliação da aprendizagem em universitários Reading comprehension and learning evaluation among undergraduates

open access: yesPsicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 2005
Este estudo teve por objetivo explorar a relação entre a compreensão em leitura, o desempenho acadêmico e a avaliação da aprendizagem em disciplinas específicas.
Katya Luciane de Oliveira   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can a Suit of Armor Conduct Electricity? A New Dataset for Open Book Question Answering

open access: yes, 2018
We present a new kind of question answering dataset, OpenBookQA, modeled after open book exams for assessing human understanding of a subject. The open book that comes with our questions is a set of 1329 elementary level science facts.
Clark, Peter   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Modulation of Predictive Coding in Auditory Paradigms of Varying Complexity in Children With Developmental Language Disorder

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 63, Issue 8, April 2026.
Event‐related potentials elicited in children with specific language impairment (SLI) and typically developing (controls), averaged across the F3, F4, Fz, C3, C4, and Cz electrodes. The upper panel displays the comparison between first‐ and second‐order complexity paradigms, averaging standard and deviant trials, with the baseline established previous ...
Francisco J. Ruiz‐Martínez   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dificuldades de aprendizagem em escrita e compreensão em leitura

open access: yesInteração em Psicologia, 2002
This study aimed to investigate the difficulties of reading comprehension faced by some children in learning the written language. 194 second and third grade students from a public school in the suburbs of Poços de Caldas were studied.
Karla Aparecida Zucoloto   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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