Assessing the Complexity of Literacy Tasks
Table of Contents
Assessing the Complexity of Literacy Tasks
Objectives
Limits to Task Analysis
What Do We Know About the Literacy Ability of Canadians?
The IALS Rating Scale
Literacy Proficiency Levels
What Makes Literacy Tasks Complex?
Structural Complexity
Readability of Prose
Document Complexity
Type of Information
Type of Match
Matching Given and Requested Information
Locating
Cycling
Integrating
Generating
Other Factors Influencing 'Type of Match'
Number of Search Phrases
Features to Match
Inference Needed
Plausibility of Distractors
Quantitative Complexity Factors
Type of Operation
Specificity of Operation
Summary and Preview
Rating Guide
Rating Chart 32
Type of Information
Type of Match - Using the Scoring Rubrics
Type of Match - Prose
Type of Match - Document
Type of Operation
Specificity of Operation
Plausibility of Distractors - Prose
Plausibility of Distractors - Document and Quantitative
PMOSE/IKIRSCH Document Readability Formula
Determining IALS Level
Examples of Item Analysis
TOWES - Respirator Parts Problem
IALS - Primary Energy Problem
Sample Complexity Analysis (TD1)
Overview of the TD1 (00)
Item by Item Review
Practice Exercises
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Appendices
Benchmark Examples
Glossary
Cited Materials and Reading List
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