The Journal of Reading · 1980 · 21 citations · 1 references
EducationEducational AssessmentEducational MeasurementExperimental DesignFormative AssessmentReading ComprehensionHypothesis TestingQuestioning StrategiesTest ValidityCognitive PretestingPractice Test EffectReading Rate Measurement
how-to-study class at Ohio State University. He gave the students a pretest, had them practice the test material using the SQ3R method, and then gave them a posttest. Students' scores increased on both comprehension and reading rate. Their ability to predict questions was also tested. 'The average number of errors on the first quiz was 15, but on the second quiz the average was only 6 (1970, p. 34).
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