REPORTING VERBS QUIZ

Below are the excerpts from several journal articles. Choose "Neutral" if the reading remains neutral toward the reported idea, "Tentative" if the reading indicates that other opinions might be present, "Agree" if the reading shows agreement and "Disagree" for disagreement.

Rao (2007) reported that students trained in brainstorming techniques and utilized them regularly over a twelve-month period produced significantly higher results in writing tasks.

• Neutral

• Tentative

• Agree

• Disagree

He asserted that the new concept of self-regulation offered a far broader perspective than the previous focus on learning strategies.

• Neutral

• Tentative

• Agree

• Disagree

There are some practical evidences that grammar correction in fact does help students improve their accuracy as opposed to Truscott.

• Neutral

• Tentative

• Agree

• Disagree

Despite the growing interest in cognitive and metacognitive learning, Dornyei (2005) has suggested further research on academic self-regulation (p. 91).

• Neutral

• Tentative

• Agree

• Disagree

Bernhardt (2003) claims that the variance in second language reading can be divided in two halves: half accounted for by second language knowledge and first language literacy, and half by variance that remains unexplained.

• Neutral

• Tentative

• Agree

• Disagree

Furthermore, the result of his research implied that reading habit gives the positive effect for students writing skill

• Neutral

• Tentative

• Agree

• Disagree

Yeh (2004) found that computer simulation is effective in teaching general CT skills, as it improves students and teachers' reflective thinking.

• Neutral

• Tentative

• Agree

• Disagree

The notion that the more teaching experience the teacher possessed the more likely he or she was able to implement the best modeling practices into their classroom contradicted what Morrison, Jacobs, and Swinyard (1999) found in their study.

• Neutral

• Tentative

• Agree

• Disagree

Brantmeier (2004) once more investigated L2 reading individual differences at the advanced level.

• Neutral

• Tentative

• Agree

• Disagree

The study confirmed that reading habit has influence on academic performance and there is a relationship between reading habit and academic performance..

• Neutral

• Tentative

• Agree

• Disagree