The Kansas Reading Tests' use of arithmetical, physical and practical problems taps mental processes scarcely comparable to ordinary reading comprehension¶

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q1 i? The Kansas Reading Tests introduced arithmetical, physical and practical problems whose solution depends on comprehension of what is read but involves mental processes so much more elaborate than ordinary reading that the two activities are scarcely comparable. → J. C. Bell 1919

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J. C. Bell 1919¶

J. C. Bell. (1919). Problems in Reading. The Journal of Educational Psychology, Volume X, Number 8. https://psycnet.apa.org/journal/edu

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Editorial critique of the Kansas Reading Tests, which the author says went to the extreme of introducing arithmetical, physical and practical problems as comprehension indicators; no empirical data are reported.

"The solution of these problems undoubtedly depends on the comprehension of what is read, but the mental processes in- volved are so much more elaborate than those brought into play in the grasping of ordinary reading material that the two activities are scarcely comparable."

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