Passageless comprehension on the nelson-denny reading test: Well above chance for university students

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 244-249

  Coleman, Chris ^a   Lindstrom, Jennifer ^a   Nelson, Jason ^a   Lindstrom, William ^a   Gregg, K Noël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nelson Denny Reading Test; Passageless comprehension; Test validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VALIDATION STUDY; LEARNING DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951551067     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219409345017     Document Type: Article

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