The Three‐minute Reasoning Test a Re‐evaluation

Hartley, James; Hogarth, Frank W.; Mills, Richard L.

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“…Furthermore, although in this experiment the layout of the question and answer sheet was not varied, the comments made by participants suggest that this layout may also affect readers' speed and accuracy of reading and answering. This hypothesis is strengthened by the findings of Hartley, Hogarth and Mills (1973), who showed that the design of the response sheet in a test could affect the scores obtained. In fact, it seems likely that a significant amount of perceptual processing is occurring when using a question and answer sheet.…”

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Reading in examination‐type situations: the effects of text layout on performance

Lonsdale

Dyson

Reynolds

2006

Journal Research in Reading

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Examinations are conventionally used to measure candidates' achievement in a limited time period However the in uence of text layout on performance may compromise the construct validity of the examination An experimental study looked at the e ects of the text layout on the speed and accuracy of a reading task in an examinationtype situation. A survey of the reading strategies used in examinations was conducted to help in de ning the reading context in which text layout may have an e ect A set of guidelines was also derived from research on typographic features of text and these were used to select three text layouts (intended to be more or less legible) from the layouts used in English language reading examinations. Results of the experiment showed that task time was signi cantly shorter and the number of correct answers per second was signi cantly higher with the layout conforming to legibility guidelines. Participants' judgements indicated that this layout was also the easiest in which to nd answers and the most attractive. The main conclusion of the study is that text layout a ects performance in a task that involves reading text to search for speci c information in order to answer questions on it under time pressure Consequently the construct validity of examinations may be compromised by confounding legibility with reading skills. AbstractIntroduction

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Reading in examination‐type situations: the effects of text layout on performance

Lonsdale

Dyson

Reynolds

2006

Journal Research in Reading

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The Effects of Interline Space on Judgments of Typesize

Hartley

Young

Burnhill

1975

Programmed Learning and Educational Technology

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Some Effects of Coding Answers for Optical Mark Reading on the Accuracy of Answering Multiple-Choice Questions

1977

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Multiple-choice questions for which more than one of the alternatives given could be correct were answered either by responding to each alternative (putting a tick or cross as appropriate) or by responding to subsets of alternatives (using code letters to denote the appropriate subset). In Experiment 1 fewer errors were made when code letters were used, but the range of subsets available provided information about correct answers. Experiment 2 eliminated this information by increasing the number of codes and extended the investigation to two levels of question difficulty answered by subjects from three levels of verbal ability. Response mode did not affect the accuracy of answering easy questions, but with harder questions coded answers were both slower and more error-prone than responses made to each alternative. These performance decrements were greatest for subjects in the lowest ability grouping. It is suggested that computer software can be adapted to meet the requirements of the human information processing system more easily than people can adapt to fit the requirements of computers.

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The Three‐minute Reasoning Test a Re‐evaluation

Cited by 3 publications

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Reading in examination‐type situations: the effects of text layout on performance

Reading in examination‐type situations: the effects of text layout on performance

The Effects of Interline Space on Judgments of Typesize

Some Effects of Coding Answers for Optical Mark Reading on the Accuracy of Answering Multiple-Choice Questions

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