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Download full textBilal Ghanem; Alona Fyshe – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2024
Multiple choice questions (MCQs) are a common way to assess reading comprehension. Every MCQ needs a set of distractor answers that are incorrect, but plausible enough to test student knowledge. However, good distractors are hard to create. Distractor generation (DG) models have been proposed, and their performance is typically evaluated using…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Reading Comprehension, Test Items, Testing
Direct linkGuerrero, Tricia A.; Griffin, Thomas D.; Wiley, Jennifer – Grantee Submission, 2020
The Predict-Observe-Explain (POE) learning cycle improves understanding of the connection between empirical results and theoretical concepts when students engage in hands-on experimentation. This study explored whether training students to use a POE strategy when learning from social science texts that describe theories and experimental results…
Descriptors: Prediction, Observation, Reading Comprehension, Correlation
Soto, Christian; Gutierrez de Blume, Antonio P.; Asún, Rodrigo; Jacovina, Matthew; Vásquez, Claudio – Frontline Learning Research, 2018
The purpose of this research endeavor was to develop and validate a new measurement tool predicated on previous research to assess learners' metacomprehension during reading. In two separate studies with Chilean undergraduate students (N = 923), we demonstrate the versatility and utility of our proposed Metacomprehension Inventory (MI). In Study…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries, Factor Structure, Correlation
Herget, Debbie; Dalton, Ben; Kinney, Saki; Smith, W. Zachary; Wilson, David; Rogers, Jim – National Center for Education Statistics, 2019
The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) is an international comparative study of student performance in reading literacy at the fourth grade. PIRLS 2016 marks the fourth iteration of the study, which has been conducted every 5 years since 2001. New to the PIRLS assessment in 2016, ePIRLS provides a computer-based extension to…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Grade 4, Reading Achievement, Foreign Countries
Khusniyah, Nurul Lailatul; Lustyantie, Ninuk – English Language Teaching, 2017
The aim of this study is to examine the effect of the survey, questions, read, record, recite, review (SQ4R) strategy of the reading comprehension ability students of 2nd semester. The research study was used action research method. The sampling was taken by 34 students. The validity of data used credibility, transferability, dependability, and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Jalalian, Farzad – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
The inability of English language learners to recall English concepts is a major challenge faced by teachers. This paper aims to determine the effectiveness of video educational games with a linguistic approach in English language education of the 2nd grade high school students. This is an applied and quasi-experimental study conducted in 2016.…
Descriptors: Video Games, Educational Games, Sampling, Control Groups
Setayesh, Mahnam; Marzban, Amin – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The present study primarily aimed at investigating the effect of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) on development of the Iranian EFL learners' ESP Reading Comprehension Skills. Moreover, it was aimed at investigating the probable difference between the TBLT-instructed students of Law and Mechanical Engineering with respect to their ESP reading…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Statistical Analysis
