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ERIC Number: EJ360640
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Main Idea Questions on Informal Reading Inventories.
Duffelmeyer, Frederick A.; Duffelmeyer, Barbara Blakely
Reading Teacher, v41 n2 p162-66 Nov 1987
Notes the problem that comprehension questions that claim to assess students' skills in finding main ideas may in fact be measuring their knowledge of identifying the topic of a passage. (JC)
Descriptors: Criteria, Elementary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Secondary Education, Test Interpretation, Test Validity, Test Wiseness, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Main Idea