System and Method for Evaluating Reading Comprehension
AssigneeDrexel University
InventorsLori Severino, Mary Jane Tecce DeCarlo, Meltem Izzetoglu
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Abstract
A method for evaluating reading comprehension is provided. The method includes the steps of providing at least one printed passage of text; providing a test subject, the test subject wearing a device for measuring brain frontal lobe usage; requiring the test subject to read the printed passage; providing a question based on the printed passage for the test subject to answer; and determining whether the device measures brain frontal lobe usage. A system for performing the method is also provided.
Claims20
A method for developing a reading comprehension test for readers, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing at least one passage of text;
- (b) providing a question based on the passage;
- and
- (c) providing a plurality of potential answers, the potential answers having only a single correct answer and at least three incorrect answers, each answer having a different answer construct;
- wherein a first of the incorrect answers uses brain frontal lobe activity and wherein a second of the incorrect answers does not use brain frontal lobe activity, wherein the answer construct for the second of the incorrect answers attracts readers who do at least one of the following:
- (i) rely on prior knowledge;
- or
- (ii) do not read or comprehend the passage.
A method for developing a reading comprehension test for readers, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing at least one passage of text;
- (b) providing a question based on the passage;
- and
- (c) providing a plurality of potential answers, the potential answers having only a single correct answer and at least three incorrect answers, each answer having a different answer construct;
- wherein a first of the incorrect answers uses brain frontal lobe activity and wherein a second of the incorrect answers uses less brain frontal lobe activity than the first of the incorrect answers.
A method for developing a reading comprehension test for readers, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing at least one passage of text;
- (b) providing a question based on the passage;
- and
- (c) providing a plurality of potential answers, the potential answers having only a single correct answer and at least three incorrect answers, each answer having a different answer construct, wherein each of the different answer constructs is directed to determining a different goal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.