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


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


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


  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. 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 read the whole passage before you begin to answer the questions?*
    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