Reading comprehension abilities: a study with psychology students

This research meant to explore the relation among reading comprehension and academic performance in specific contents of the Psychology course. The sample was composed of by 115 freshman students of the private university in São Paulo. The instruments used were two texts prepared in accordance to Cloze's technique and a questionnaire focusing the most used characterization types in higher education assessment. The results showed clearly a correlation, statistically significant, among reading comprehension, academic performance and learning assessment in Psychology course, specially when the grade results of the student individual production in assessment situation.Este estudo objetivou analisar a relação entre a compreensão em leitura e o rendimento acadêmico em disciplinas específicas do curso de Psicologia. Participaram 115 universitários ingressantes de uma universidade do interior paulista. Foram aplicados dois textos preparados segundo a técnica de Cloze e um questionário com questões fechadas, visando identificar os tipos de avaliação de aprendizagem utilizados pelos professores. Os resultados obtidos evidenciaram a existência de índices de correlação positiva entre os escores somados dos testes de Cloze e as notas obtidas em cada disciplina cursada. Pode-se concluir que a compreensão em leitura relaciona-se com o desempenho acadêmico, especialmente quando a nota é resultante de uma produção individual do aluno na situação de avaliação.294

ILC Reference Design Report Volume 1 - Executive Summary

The International Linear Collider (ILC) is a 200-500 GeV center-of-mass high-luminosity linear electron-positron collider, based on 1.3 GHz superconducting radio-frequency (SCRF) accelerating cavities. The ILC has a total footprint of about 31 km and is designed for a peak luminosity of 2x10^34 cm^-2s^-1. This report is the Executive Summary (Volume I) of the four volume Reference Design Report. It gives an overview of the physics at the ILC, the accelerator design and value estimate, the detector concepts, and the next steps towards project realization.The International Linear Collider (ILC) is a 200-500 GeV center-of-mass high-luminosity linear electron-positron collider, based on 1.3 GHz superconducting radio-frequency (SCRF) accelerating cavities. The ILC has a total footprint of about 31 km and is designed for a peak luminosity of 2x10^34 cm^-2s^-1. This report is the Executive Summary (Volume I) of the four volume Reference Design Report. It gives an overview of the physics at the ILC, the accelerator design and value estimate, the detector concepts, and the next steps towards project realization