In the case of Frobishers discovery of North Canada the passage given described what he and his men did and saw during their stay in North Canada.

The question given was " What kind of men did Frobisher find in North Qanada? " After a blackboard demonstration with another passage, each girl was given a printed copy of the passage, the question was written on the blackboard and the girls were told to underline those phrases which gave most of the answer to the question in the fewest possible words and to cross out those that had nothing to do with the question.

In marking, two marks were given for every idea correctly underlined or crossed out, one mark if it had been left when it should have been underlined or crossed out, no marks if it had been crossed out when it should have been underlined or vice versa.

The girls were given enough time to finish without having to hurry.

My object in giving the test this particular form was to obtain a measure of the childrens power of intelligent reading, which would involve neither their range of vocabulary nor their power of self- expression.