Representing the AdultEd research team, Dr. John Sabatini and John Hollander presented their research at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse.
The other presentation was titled, “How Lexical Properties of Test Items Impact Adolescent and Adult Learner Text Processing.” The purpose of this study was to examine what lexical properties of foundational skills test items reveal about text processing in adolescents and adults. In the US, significant proportions of both populations failed to achieve comprehension proficiency sufficient to succeed in higher education contexts. In this study, the researchers took a deep dive into the surface code linguistic knowledge and processing of adolescents and adults who have struggled to achieve reading comprehension proficiency.
Hollander, J., Sabatini, J., Graesser, A., Greenberg, D., O’Reilly, T., & Frijters, J. (July, 2022). Foundational reading skills and learner characteristics in an adult literacy intervention. Presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse.
Sabatini, J., Hollander, J., Graesser, A., & O’Reilly, T., (2022, July). How Lexical Properties of Test Items Impact Adolescent and Adult Learner Text Processing. Presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse.