READING COMPREHENSION
ASSESSMENT (TE REO)
Translator: Mere Clark
Editors: Piripi Walker & Ian McCormack
(licenced translators)
DETAILS
RATIONALE
For many readers understanding doesn't come easy.
Effective comprehension is better taught than caught.
Comprehension skills should be assessed to determine what needs to be taught.
PURPOSE
HAURAPA-PROBE is primarily designed to be a controlled in-depth interview
to help teachers achieve a greater understanding of:
• how readers engage with text.
• what specific teaching is required.
SUITABLE FOR USE
BY
• specialists & classroom teachers of Te Reo Maori
WITH
• seven-year-olds to adults – wherever Te Reo Maori is being read.
• younger students who decode well.
SETTING
Individual
CONTENTS
BOOK 1: PUKAPUKA WHAKAMĀRĀMA - Manual
PART 1: Hei Arataki - Guide (Maori & English)
PART 2: Whakatau Pūwāhi - Determiner (word pre-test)
PART 3: Ngā Whakauta - Answers + keywords
PART 4: NgāKāpe Matua - 43 copymasters
BOOK 2. TUHINGA AKONGA - Student Texts
40 texts with all questions
OPTIONS FOR USE
OPTION 1: As an Informal Reading Inventory
OPTION 2: Silent Reading Comprehension
OPTION 3: Listening Comprehension
KEY FEATURES
• Forty original texts (no extracts or retold stories)
• Twenty levels (5 to 15.5 years with 6 month overlaps)
• Fiction and non-fiction at every level
• Targeted, defined comprehension questions (see below)
LANGUAGE FEATURES
As this is an assessment of a reader’s ability to decode and comprehend text, there are:
• no pictures
• limited title clues.
MORE THAN A NUMERICAL RESULT
If used correctly, HAURAPA-PROBE can not only provide raw numerical results,
it can indicate whether a student successfully comprehends at,
above, or below a specific level.
Results can indicate how well a student:
• interprets different question types
• locates and reorganises information
• forms mental images that are close to the author’s intent
• makes simple & complex inferences
• uses context to determine the meaning of specific words
QUESTION TYPES
To read effectively, students must be able to reorganise information,
comprehend the underlying inferences, infer the meaning of unfamiliar
or unknown words from context, evaluate the text by extending
beyond what is given and express an opinion based on the information given.
E ono ngā pātai kua oti te whakatau me te whakamahi hei meiha i te hōhonutanga o te māramatanga o te akonga.
Six types of questions have been defined and used to measure student's
depth of understanding.
Ā-kupu
literal
Whakaritenga anō
reorganisation
Whakataunga
inference
Rārangi kupu
vocabulary
Aromātainga
evaluation
Urupare
reaction
he pārongo i hōmai hāngaitia i roto i te tuhinga
information stated directly in the text.
te hangahou kia rua, kia nui atu rānei ngā pitopito
pārongo i roto i te tuhinga
reconstructing two or more literal pieces of information.
he pārongo i whakapaea ēngari kāore i homai hāngaitia
i roto i te tuhinga
information implied, but not given directly in the text
he whakatau i te tikanga o ngā kupu ngaro, i te horopaki
defining a word or phrase as it is used in the text
he mārohi rāwaho i ētahi atu pārongo kāore
i hômaitia i roto i te tuhinga
extrapolating additional information not given in the text
he whakapuaki i te whakaaro i takea mai i te pārongo
i hōmaingia i roto i te tuhinga
expressing an opinion based on information given in the text
info on changes, events, etc.
RAPU HOHUNU
Inaianei ka taea e koe
te titiro whānui
me ka pehea
te whakautu ā ō
akonga Reo Maori
ngā koeke
tuhinga panuitanga.
Now you can find out
so much more about
how your students
of Reo Maori respond to
graded text information.
HAURAPA-PROBE is designed to be used one-to-one
to give greater insight into
reading behaviours and
comprehension skills.
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