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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Educ Psychol. 2012 Aug;104(3):515–528. doi: 10.1037/a0027182

Table 1.

Number and Proportion of Question Types within Text Types by SDRT Level

Question Type Text Type by SDRT Level
Purple (n = 69)
Brown (n = 48)
Blue (n = 9)
Nar Exp Fun Nar Exp Fun Nar Exp Fun
IU 5 (28%) 9 (50%) 4 (22%) 3 (17%) 4 (22%) 11 (61%) 5 (28%) 5 (28%) 8 (44%)
IN 11 (61%) 5 (28%) 9 (50%) 13 (72%) 9 (50%) 3 (17%) 10 (56%) 9 (50%) 6 (33%)
CAPS 2 (11%) 4 (22%) 5 (28%) 2 (11%) 5 (28%) 4 (22%) 3 (17%) 4 (22%) 4 (22%)

Note: Nar = Narrative; Exp = Expository; Fun = Functional; IU = Initial Understanding; IN = Interpretation; CAPS = Critical Analysis/Process Strategies.