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Title: | Evidence of acquisition of the reading skill related to comprehension of the narrative passages: data from the international literacy study pilot testing in Zimbabwe |
Author: | Moyana, R. |
Year: | 1991 |
Periodical: | Zimbabwe Journal of Educational Research (ISSN 1013-3445) |
Volume: | 3 |
Issue: | 2 |
Period: | July |
Pages: | 125-143 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs., ills. |
Geographic terms: | Zimbabwe Southern Africa |
Subjects: | reading pupils education literacy basic education |
Abstract: | This article reports on evidence gathered from a selected group of form 2 (junior school) students in 7 schools in Harare and Mashonaland East regions of Zimbabwe. The students participated in a reading literacy test which was part of a pilot study that was carried out from September to November, 1989. The students read comprehensive passages and answered questions on them which were mostly of the multiple-choice type. Only in four passages was an open-ended question given. On the whole, students performed well. They performed best on those questions requiring a literal level of understanding. They performed less well on questions requiring interpretative and evaluative skills, and worst on the open-ended questions. Bibliogr. |