Alice in Wonderland silent-versus-oral reproduction tests

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Evidence · 4 claims (4 for) · 2 studies (2 causal), q2 · 0 of 2 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study

Description

A reading-comprehension assessment developed by Mead that has pupils read an Alice in Wonderland passage silently and orally, then reproduces and scores the points recalled under each condition.

Components

Claims

• Sixth-grade pupils reproduced a greater percentage of possible points by silent than by oral reading, with every class and 71% of children doing better silently [+M]
• Across grades 3–10 (grade 9 excluded), 15 of 17 classes and 70% of children did better by the silent method of reading [+M]
• Per-grade results in Table I show the silent method yielded a higher percentage of points reproduced of points read than the oral method [+W]
• Knowing that reproduction will be demanded slows reading rate across all readers and methods [+W]

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Key Sources

• Mead, C. D. (1917). Results in silent versus oral reading. Journal of Educational Psychology, 8(6), 367–368. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0067774

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title	Alice in Wonderland silent-versus-oral reproduction tests
description	A reading-comprehension assessment developed by Mead that has pupils read an Alice in Wonderland passage silently and orally, then reproduces and scores the points recalled under each condition.
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product_kind	assessment
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