Improving Performance on Reading Practice Tests Through Technological Intervention
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Authors
Rayford , Julie
Issue Date
2006-12
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
Keywords
Web-Based Test-Taking Skills , Impact on Performance
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Abstract
This research study was conducted to determine the impact of a web-based test-taking skills unit
on the performances and perceptions of individual students who had previously failed a
standardized reading test. Pretests and posttests were administered, and student opinions and
teachers' perceptions were examined. For ten days, six fifth-graders reviewed test-taking skills
and took practice tests in the computer lab setting. Effect on student achievement was measured
with an on-line pretest and posttest, and perceptions were measured through a pre and post
intervention student survey, student interviews and observations from a teacher journal. Results
for the individual students varied. One student improved, one had a perfect score on both tests,
one improved but still scored in the failing range, and three students performed in the failing
range with a slight decrease in scores. All students' opinions were positive towards using the
website.
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Publisher
Valdosta State University
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