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Reading Comprehension
Assessments
University of the Punjab , Department of Language & Literature. Lahore, Pakistan
Reading is a Purposeful Activity
A person may read in order to:
gain information verify existing knowledge enhance knowledgehave access to the literaturefor enjoyment
Reading Speed• Normal :
200 to 220 words per minute
Average:
250 and 350 WPM• A Good:
500 to 700 WPM• Exceptional Speed:
1000 WPM or more
Reading ComprehensionInteractive Process: between the reader and
the text
The Text Presents: Letters ,Words Sentences Paragraphs that encode
meaning
The Reader Uses: KnowledgeSkillsStrategies to determine what that
meaning is resulted in Comprehension (understanding of text)
Types of Comprehension
Literal Comprehension
Reorganization Prediction Inference Evaluation Personal
Response
Types of Comprehension
Literal Comprehension:
An understanding of the straightforward meaning of the text:
FactsVocabularyDates, TimesLocations
Types of Comprehension
Reorganization: A literal understanding of
the text Student use information
from various parts of the text for additional understanding
Types of ComprehensionPrediction:
• To determine what might happen next or after a story ends
• Students use theirUnderstanding of the passageKnowledge of the topic and Related matters
In a systematic fashion
Varieties of Prediction: While-reading Post- reading
Types of ComprehensionInference:
It involves students combining
their literal understanding of the text with
their own knowledge and intuitions
Types of ComprehensionEvaluation:
It requires the learner to give a global or comprehensive judgment about some aspect of the text
Personal Response:
It requires readers to respond with their feelings for the text and the subject
The answers are not found in the text; they come strictly from the readers
Types of Comprehension
Objectives of Reading Tests
• Reading comprehension test can help you to:
– improve vocabulary– grammar– logical thought ability
Some tips for Improving Reading Skills
• Practice reading every day• You should read different fields to improve
your vocabulary• Take note all new words and learn them• Try to answer all the questions• After answer all the questions• Check the key and read the passage again to
find out the mistake you have faced and deeply understand the passage you have read
Reading Techniques• Scanning: You try to find a particular piece of information.
You read from top to down of the text quickly to find the specific information you need to answer questions.
• Skimming: You try to gather the most important information as quickly as possible. You read from top to down of the text quickly and note important information.
• Intensive reading: You try to find the details of a specific information. Example question: What does "intensive" in line 5 mean?
• Extensive reading: You try to find general information of a passage. Example question: What is the best title for this passage?
Types of Reading Comprehension Test
• Multiple Choice Questions
• Short Answer Questions
• True/False Questions
Multiple Choice Questions
A student chooses one answer from a number of choices
Parts of a MCQ :
A stem the text of the question
An options the choices provided after the stem
The key the correct answer in the list of options
Distracters the incorrect answers in the list of options
Example of a Multiple Choice Question
Q1. Where did Norma put the lamb chops?stem
a) In the oven
b) In the broiler Distracters
c) In the freezer key
d) In the basket
AssessmentsStudents’ knowledge :
to assess the depth and breadth
Components of Blooms taxonomy:
Knowledge
Comprehension
Application
Analysis and
Evaluation can be tested through MCQs
It require less time:
to administer for a given amount of material
AssessmentsA comprehensive Evaluation
of the candidate's extent of knowledge
Better Measurement Tool : MCQs responses are easily scored with accuracy and objectivity
The strongest predictors : of overall student performance
Creativity : cannot be tested
Rote Learning: some students engage in rote learning
Limited Types of Knowledge:
is assessed by MCQ tests
Low-order Skills: MCQs are best for testing well-defined or
lower-order skills
DisadvantagesNo Credit for knowing :
If student selects the wrong answer
A Chance of Receiving A Mark:
To select a random answer
Changing Answers
“right to wrong" changes is 20.2%
"wrong to right" changes is 57.8%, nearly triple
Conclusion• MCQs have been criticized as a
"ridiculous kind of mechanization" that transforms knowledge in crossword puzzles
• MCQs area legitimate method of competence testing
Short Answer Questions
• An Effective Measure of a student's ability to accurately recall specific, target information
• The answer shows that the student understands what the question is asking
AdvantagesRequires Cognitive Ability to
generate answers
Promotes more in-depth study
as students must recall answers
Effective for assessing Information
who, what, where, and when
Provide diagnostic information
when looking at types of errors
Quicker for students
to complete than MCQs
Effective
as either a written or oral assessment
DisadvantagesGenerally Limited
To knowledge To comprehension questions
Rote Learning: Encouraging rote memorization
May overestimate learning due to bluffing
Accuracy of Assessment
may be influenced by HandwritingSpelling skills
Difficult to Write
items so that desired knowledge is clear
ConclusionOne means of measuring this
type of higher-order understanding
short answer items can also be utilized to assess
knowledge Comprehension
understanding Application Synthesis Analysis, and
Evaluation levels
True/False (binary-choice) Questions
• A true-false questions is a form of the multiple-choice format
• There are only two possible alternatives
AdvantagesEfficient Method of
Testing
a wide range of material in a short period of time
Well Suited for Measuring knowledge,comprehensive, and
Application levels of understanding
AdvantagesTo measure a student’s
ability:
To identify whether
statements of fact are accurate or not
To recognize the accuracy of a declarative statement
DisadvantagesMay overestimate learning
due to the influence of guessing
Difficult to differentiate between effective difficult items and trick items
Often leads to testing of trivial facts or bits of information
DisadvantagesGenerally less Discriminating
than multiple-choice items
Often criticized for
encouraging
rote memorization
ConclusionThey can also be combined
within a multiple-choice to create the more complex assertion-reason item
However, true-false questions do have a number of limitations