Reading comprehension among graduate students

Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie; Kathleen M.T. Collins

doi:10.2466/pr0.2002.90.3.879

Reading comprehension among graduate students

Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie, Kathleen M.T. Collins

Howard University

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The present purpose was to examine graduate students' reading comprehension and reading vocabulary by comparing their scores on a standardized reading test with scores obtained by a large normative sample of undergraduates. Participants were 59 graduate students from various disciplines, enrolled in three sections of an introductory educational research course at a southeastern university. These students were administered the Nelson-Denny Reading Test-Form G. Analysis showed these students had higher scores on the reading comprehension portion than did the normative sample of 5,000 undergraduate students from 38 institutions (Cohen d=.71). Also, the graduate students' scores on the reading vocabulary portion were higher (d=.45).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	879-882
Number of pages	4
Journal	Psychological Reports
Volume	90
Issue number	3 PART 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.2002.90.3.879
Publication status	Published - Jun 2002
Externally published	Yes

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