APPENDIX B.3
26. Give the title of a periodical with which you are familiar.
RESPONSES, BY FREQUENCY Pre-test Post-test
Time 82 71
None 43 12
Newsweek 29 46
Sports Illustrated 19 19
US News and World Report 18 18
Rolling Stone 11 6
Seventeen 11 4
People Weekly 7 2
Reader's Guide to Periodicals 6 6
Reader's Digest 5 2
Life 4
Omni 4 2
Magazine, periodical 4 1
National Geographic 4 1
Science 4 1
Ebony 3 3
McCalls 3
Popular Science 3
Runner's World 3
Teen 3
New York Times 2 9
Gentleman's Quarterly 2 4
Newspaper 2
Psychology Today 2
Smithsonian 2
Wall Street Journal 2
Discover 2 1
Encyclopedia 2 1
Playboy 2 1
Redbook 1 2
Air & Space Smithsonian 1
Almanac 1
American History Ill 1
Asheville Citizen Times 1 1
Baptist Reflector 1
Better Home and Gardens 1 1
Beyond the Horizons 1
Bristol Herald Courier 1
Car & Driver 1
Card catalog 1 1
Charleston Daily Mail 1
Columbus 1
Computing 1
Contemporary Christian Music 1
Day to day accounts of the Oliver North trial 1
Dictionary 1
Ebony Men 1
Enquirer 1
Eques 1
Fangoria Magazine 1
Fortune 1
Four by Four & Off Road 1
Journal Patriot 1
Kentucky Post 1
Kingsport Times News 1
Ladies Home Journal 1 1
Mademoiselle 1 1
Magazine about Sociology 1
Motor Trend 1
Newsday 1
Outdoor Life 1
Periodical index 1
Reference book 1
Science Digest 1
Shakespeare 1
SIRS 1
Soccer America 1
Southern _____ 1 1
Star Hits 1
TV Guide 1 1
Who's Who in American High School Students 1
William Falknoire 1
World Book Encyclopedia 1
Yachting Magazine 1
Lexington Herald 4
Jet 3
Social Sciences 3
Studies in Short Fiction 3
Tennis 3
Business Week 2
Cosmopolitan 2
Economist 2
Education Index 2
Hastings Center Report 2
Journal of Housing 2
Sex Roles 2
Southern Literary Journal 2
Third World Countries Journal 2
USA Today 2
Utne Reader 2
Action Comics 1
Agronomy Journal 1
American Economic Review 1
Appalachia 1
Architectural Digest 1
Astronomy 1
Automobile 1
Black Enterprise 1
Black Scholar 1
Book 1
Byte 1
Catholic World 1
Chicago Tribune 1
Child Welfare 1
Civil War History 1
Commentary 1
Courier Journal 1
Current History 1
Cycle World 1
Dance Magazine 1
Daughters of Sarah 1
Editorial Research Reports 1
Encilipedia [sic] 1
Encyclopedia Britanica [sic] 1
Encyclopedia of Bioethics 1
Exceptional Children 1
Family Relations 1
Fiction or nonfiction 1
Field and Stream 1
Fine Woodworking 1
Foreign Affairs 1
Geriatric Nursing 1
Good Housekeeping 1
Horse Illustrated 1
Hot Rod 1
Journal of Animal Science 1
Journal of the American Medical Association 1
Kansas Review 1
Metal Edge 1
Moody 1
Mother Earth News 1
New England Journal of Medicine 1
News Today 1
Personal Computing 1
Psychological Reports 1
Reporter 1
Social Work 1
Sojourner 1
Southern Humanities Review 1
Southern Living 1
Southpoint 1
Sport Magazine 1
Technology and Culture 1
Vogue 1
Wild Wonderful West Virginia 1
27. What type of source would one consult to see which countries border the Baltic Sea?
RESPONSES: Pre-test Percentage Post-test Percentage
(correct) atlas 70 33.8% 169 54.5%
almanac 52 25.1 60 19.4
encyclopedia 21 10.1 28 9.0
(correct) map 47 22.7 25 8.1
none 7 3.4 10 3.2
geographical 3 1.5 8 2.6
reference 4 1.3
(correct) globe 3 1.5 3 1.0
biographical dictionary 3 1.5 1 .3
card cat., period., ref. 1 .5 1 .3
thesaurus 1 .3
Total Correct 120 58.0% 197 63.6%
28. What do we call a book written by an individual about his or her own life?
RESPONSES: Pre-test Percentage Post-test Percentage
(correct) autobiography 123 55.6% 232 70.3%
biography 60 27.1 56 17.9
bibliography 19 8.6 21 6.7
none 18 8.1 3 .9
diary ? 1 .3
self biography 1 .5
Total Correct 123 55.6% 232 70.3%