Table 3.
Results of MTI tasks review presented by text types, tasks, assessments of products and processes.
| Text types | A≠B (42), A+B = (11) | |||||
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| Tasks | Expressive tasks (30) | Receptive tasks (29) | ||||
| Oral questions (3) Open-ended questions (8) Essay writing (19) |
Sentence verification (26) Arranging events on a time line (2) Matching a picture to a set of texts (1) |
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| Product assessment | Selecting information | Intertextual relationships | Inference making | Selecting information | Intertextual relationships | Inference making |
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Conceptual level Covering main ideas or arguments (13) Supporting an argument (13) Inaccuracies (3) Linguistic level Copy from text (2) Elaborations (7) Paraphrasing (5) Rhetoric level Structure (2) References to sources (6) Switches between sources (2) Word count (3) |
Conceptual level Stating a position on the issue (6) Rebuttals∖Reconciling conflicts (9) Corroboration (7) Linguistic level Connectives (1) |
Conceptual level Inference making not related to synthesis (1) Contextualization∖Use of prior knowledge(2) Transformed information (1) Additions (2) Statements including novelty (1) Evaluation (1) |
Conceptual level Inaccuracies (4) Linguistic level Judging whether paraphrased sentences are valid (4) |
Conceptual level Judging whether integrative statements are valid (24) Choosing a picture to best match a set of historical texts (1) Arranging historical events on a time line |
Conceptual level Inference making (5) ts (2) |
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Process assessment Think aloud (2) |
Non-consecutive readings of relevant units of information (1) Paraphrasing (1) Descriptive statements (1) Evaluating the various texts (2) Elaborations (1) References to the texts (1) Statements related to point of view, intentions, purposes and goals (1) |
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The number in brackets states the number of studies in which each item appeared.