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Sarah E. Carlson; Virginia Clinton-Lisell; Terrill Taylor; Heather Ness-Maddox; Amanda Dahl; Mark L. Davison; Ben Seipel – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2025
The purpose of this study was to validate a novel reading comprehension assessment for college students named MOCCA-College. A random sample of college students (N = 63, average age of 22.5) were recruited from various education programs (e.g., first-year courses, TRIO, SONA) and completed MOCCA-College Online and were later recruited to complete…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, College Students, Test Validity
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Clinton, Virginia – Reading Psychology, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between reading motivation and inference generation while reading. Undergraduate participants (N = 69) read two science articles while thinking aloud, completed a standardized reading comprehension assessment, and self reported their habitual reading motivation. Findings indicate that…
Descriptors: Correlation, Reading Motivation, Inferences, Standards
Brisbois, Judith E. – 1992
A study focused on enhancing the validity of foreign language (L2) reading comprehension assessment measures. Subjects included 131 cadets (88 beginners and 43 non-beginners) enrolled in French courses at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. First language (L1) reading comprehension was measured using the…
Descriptors: College Students, French, Higher Education, Protocol Analysis