CARS COMPREHENSION SURVEY

This is a quick quiz to see what strategies students are using when completing testing skills.


         

       



A red asterisk (*) indicates required questions.

  1. What are the easiest questions for you to answer on the CARS passages? (Pick up to 3)*
    Main Idea
    Recalling facts and details
    Comparing and contrasting
    Cause and effect
    Sequencing
    Making Predictions
    Finding out the meaning of a word from context
    Making inferences
    Fact and Opinion
    Author's purpose
    Interpreting Figurative Language
    Summarizing


  1. What are the questions when you find most challenging when completing a CARS passage? (Pick up to 3)*
    Main Idea
    Recalling facts and details
    Comparing and contrasting
    Cause and effect
    Sequencing
    Making Predictions
    Finding out the meaning of a word from context
    Making inferences
    Fact and Opinion
    Author's purpose
    Interpreting Figurative Language
    Summarizing


  1. Tell us something you'd like Miss Grace to focus on in a MGP lesson that you feel would help you be better prepared for reading comprehension tests and quizzes.*


  1. Do you read the questions before you read the passage?*
    Yes
    No


  1. How often do you go back and look to make sure your answer is supported by the text?*
    only on questions that have two answers I think could be right
    never
    for every question
    when I remember to
    when I am totally unsure of the answer


  1. How often do you cross off answers in your booklet when you know they are wrong or off topic?*
    On every question
    Sometimes
    Rarely
    Never


  1. How well do you feel you do on CARS passages overall?*
    I never get any questions wrong.
    I sometimes miss only one question.
    Sometimes I do well, and other times I do not as well
    I would like to get more questions right more often.
    I feel the CARS passages are very hard.


  1. Do you underline in your book while you read?*
    Yes
    No


  1. If there was a Miss Grace Place that could teach you how to answer one kind of question better, which topic would you pick?*
    Main Idea
    Recalling facts and details
    Comparing and contrasting
    Cause and effect
    Sequencing
    Making Predictions
    Finding out the meaning of a word from context
    Making inferences
    Fact and Opinion
    Author's purpose
    Interpreting Figurative Language
    Summarizing


  1. Do you ALWAYS read ALL of the answer choices before choosing an answer on a multiple choice question?*
    Yes
    No


  1. Do you read the whole passage before you begin to answer the questions?*
    Yes
    No