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Near-, mid-, and far-transfer passage framework for measuring transfer in reading comprehension

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Description

The authors developed a sensitivity framework for assessing transfer on an end-of-Grade-2 science reading comprehension measure, building on the content and context dimensions of transfer. Passages differed in exposure to taught vocabulary: "the content of the near-, mid-, and far-transfer passages provided extensive, limited, and no exposure, respectively, to the domain-specific vocabulary networks that children learned in the lessons." The context dimension captured similarity to the taught thematic lessons, with near-transfer contexts similar to instruction and mid and far contexts less similar.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Passages must vary systematically in exposure to directly taught vocabulary networks
  • Comprehension items must be aligned to the content and context dimensions of transfer

Constraints

  • The framework was developed for a Grade 2 science content reading comprehension outcome in this study

Target Learners

  • Second-grade students reading science informational texts

Learning Goals

  • Transfer of domain and topic knowledge to novel reading comprehension tasks

Claims

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Key Sources

  • Kim, J. S., Burkhauser, M. A., Relyea, J. E., Gilbert, J. B., Scherer, E., Fitzgerald, J., Mosher, D., & McIntyre, J. (2023). A Longitudinal Randomized Trial of a Sustained Content Literacy Intervention From First to Second Grade: Transfer Effects on Students' Reading Comprehension. Journal of Educational Psychology, 115(1), 73-98. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000751
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id near-mid-far-transfer-passage-framework
title Near-, mid-, and far-transfer passage framework for measuring transfer in reading comprehension
description The authors developed a sensitivity framework for assessing transfer on an end-of-Grade-2 science reading comprehension measure, building on the content and context dimensions of transfer.
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generated by process:settle-candidates on 2026-10-25
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