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The "New Salford Sentence Reading Test" (2012) and the "Diagnostic Reading Analysis" (2008) Assess 'Inference' -- But What Forms of Inference Do They Test?
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Williams, Jazz C. – English in Education, 2015
Several inference types serving distinct purposes are established in the literature on reading comprehension. Despite this highlighting that inference is a non-unitary construct, reading tests tend to treat it as a single ability. Consequently, different tests can assess different inferential abilities. Professionals, knowing what is implicitly…
Descriptors: Inferences, Sentences, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests
Questions Asked by Physicians as the Basis for Continuing Education Needs Assessment
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Ebell, Mark H.; Cervero, Ronald; Joaquin, Edward – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2011
Introduction: Our goal was to identify the clinical questions that health care professionals have at the point of care and explore whether these questions could be used to drive a needs assessment for continuing education programs. Methods: We gathered questions from 28 clinicians; 11 were directly observed for approximately 5 days per person,…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Needs Assessment, Test Selection, Physicians