Reading Comprehension Assessment : From Text Perspectives

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This paper investigates the nature of reading comprehension questions. Very few studies have so far examined comprehension questions in relation to text features. Kintsch and Yarbrough (1982) and Shohamy and Inbar (1991) are among the few studies, and their results suggest that there is an interaction between text features and the focus of questions. The present study builds on these findings and examines how Meyer's (1975, 1985) model of content structure analysis can help identify what exactly reading comprehension questions try to measure. The paper then proposes a framework for characterizing comprehension questions, and examines the characteristics of 40 questions in terms of their interrelationship of item types and item statistics based on the test results of 227 Japanese university students. Finally, implications for assessment practice are discussed.
神田外語大学の論文
2004-03-30