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comprehension

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comprehension

Act of or capacity for grasping with the intellect. The term is most often used in connection with tests of reading skills and language abilities, though other abilities (e.g., mathematical reasoning) may also be examined. Specialists in administering and interpreting such tests are known as psychometricians (see psychometrics) or differential psychologists. See also dyslexia; laterality; psychological testing; speech.


comprehension
1. Education an exercise consisting of a previously unseen passage of text with related questions, designed to test a student's understanding esp of a foreign language
2. Logic obsolete the attributes implied by a given concept or term; connotation


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