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A Descriptive Analysis Of Eight Remedial Reading Students In The Sevier District Schools, Doris P. Tuft
A Descriptive Analysis Of Eight Remedial Reading Students In The Sevier District Schools, Doris P. Tuft
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
Authorities have variously estimated the number of children with a reading disability to be between ten and fifteen percent of the total school population.1,2,3 Formerly, many children who had reading difficulties perhaps left school at an early age. Also, many children who might have had reading problems perhaps remained undetected before widespread group testing was initiated. Today, with the high premium placed upon high school and even college achievement, an education is, so to speak, a prerequisite to adult success. With reading unique in its being both a subject area and a tool necessary for the mastery of other …
An Exploration Of Test Taking Strategy With Sixth Grade Students, Mary Bates
An Exploration Of Test Taking Strategy With Sixth Grade Students, Mary Bates
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
The present study was an attempt to evaluate the benefits of certain cues in reaching correct answers to test questions given to sixth grade students. While it seems reasonable to assume that test-taking strategy is not as well developed in sixth grade children as in older students, this study was intended to discover if test-taking strategy would be apparent to a measurable degree at this age level. Before such an observation could be undertaken, a technique had to be devised to measure the behavior in question (in this case the use of cues). The technique used was in the form …