Ben Seipel
Associated IES Content
Grant
Multiple-choice Online Causal Comprehension Assessment for Postsecondary Students (MOCCA-College): Measuring Individual Differences in Reading Comprehension Ability of Struggling College Readers by Text Type
The research team refined and validated a reading comprehension assessment (MOCCA), which was the product of an IES-funded project (R305A140185) and was designed for and validated with third- through fifth-grade students, for use with postsecondary students. The refined assessment, MOCCA-College (MOCCA-C) is a practical, reliable, and valid measure of reading comprehension processes that can help postsecondary practitioners, administrators, and researchers diagnose students' reading comprehe...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A180417
Grant
Multiple-choice Online Cloze Comprehension Assessment (MOCCA): Refining and Validating a Measure of Individual Differences in Reading Comprehension Processes During Reading
Numerous children struggle with reading comprehension and previous research shows that a subset of these children struggle with higher level reading skills, such as maintaining causal coherence while reading. Causal coherence is created through inferences that require the reader to synthesize why an event occurs based on relevant goals previously identified in the text and to generate missing information from background knowledge. Students who struggle with causal coherence typically fall in...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A140185
Grant
Minnesota Interdisciplinary Training in Education Research
The University of Minnesota's Interdisciplinary Training in Education Research (MITER) program aimed to develop education researchers able to apply experimental methodology and cognitive sciences to practical educational issues.
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305C050059