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Download full textWang, Danhua – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2009
This study investigated factors that would affect a reader's understanding of the main idea at the global level and explicit and implicit main ideas at the local level. Fifty-seven first-year university students taking a college reading course took a comprehension test on an expository text. Statistical analyses revealed that text structure had a…
Descriptors: Textbook Preparation, Text Structure, Sentence Structure, Reading Comprehension
What Can Standardized Reading Tests Tell Us? Question-Answer Relationships and Students' Performance
Wang, Danhua – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2006
This study examined the comprehension subsection of Nelson-Denny Reading Test Form G (Brown, Fishco, & Hanna, 1993a) and some urban developmental students' performance on it. Three types of question-answer relations were identified using Pearson and Johnson's taxonomy. Students' performance was expressed in their scores on the three types of…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Reading Tests, Questionnaires, Item Analysis
