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Author | : Jufang Kong |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2019-03-27 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9811370214 |
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This book explores the construct of reading comprehension by means of two main test methods. Research methods like the think aloud protocol and eye tracking are employed to tap into test-takers’ cognitive processes while engaged in input text meaning building, and in test tasks. The book is the first systematic attempt to explore test-takers’ cognitive processes through the control of test methods, and presents findings in visualized form including processing route maps and eye fixation heat maps. It offers readers essential support with “digging into” and analyzing data that has to date remained difficult to access.
Author | : Karim Sadeghi |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2021-08-25 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 3030844706 |
Download Assessing Second Language Reading Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book investigates the issue of cloze-validity as a measure of second language reading comprehension. It starts off by making a distinction between general reading ability and the more specific reading comprehension followed by a thorough review of the related research on L2 reading comprehension and sorting out the confusion in the literature in this categorization. A comprehensive account of cloze procedure is presented discussing its origin, different versions, its use for teaching and testing purposes, as well the latest research on cloze as measures of readability, language proficiency and second language reading. The book includes studies conducted at several stages on validating cloze as a measure of reading and interview and questionnaire techniques are applied to investigate the validity of eight cloze tests, criterion reading tests, and other cloze and reading tests in general. Two new cloze tests, i.e. reader-centered cloze test and phrase cloze test, are also introduced and researched as measures of reading ability. The book concludes with suggestions for developing tests that can better measure reading comprehension in light of recent research insights on the complex and dynamic nature of reading. This book will appeal to researchers, lecturers and graduate and post-graduate students taking a course in Second Language Acquisition, Applied Linguistics, TESOL, Language Assessment, and Educational Measurement.
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Release | : 2014-04 |
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ISBN | : 9783125353312 |
Download Testing Reading Through Summary Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Lynda Taylor |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-10-31 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9781107695702 |
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This volume explores the use of summary tasks as an effective means of assessing reading comprehension ability. It reports on a series of empirical studies that investigated the development and trialling of text-removed summary completion tasks and discusses the correlation of these tasks with results from independent measures to validate text-removed summary completion as a measure of reading comprehension ability.
Author | : Arlette Ingram Willis |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 397 |
Release | : 2012-09-10 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1135610347 |
Download Reading Comprehension Research and Testing in the U.S. Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book challenges traditional, sanctioned, and official histories of reading comprehension by examining how ideological and cultural hegemony work to reproduce dominant ideologies through education in general and reading comprehension research and testing specifically. Willis analyzes the ideological and cultural foundations that underpin concepts, theories, research, tests, and interpretations, and connects these to the broader social and political contexts within U.S. history in which reading comprehension research and testing have evolved. The reconstruction of a history of reading comprehension research and testing in this way demystifies past and current assumptions about the interconnections among researchers, reading comprehension research, and standardized reading comprehension tests. A promising vision of the future of reading comprehension research and testing emerges–one that is more complex, multidimensional, inclusive, and socially just. Reading Comprehension Research and Testing in the U.S. aims to revolutionize how reading comprehension is conceived, theorized, tested, and interpreted for all children. This is a critically relevant volume for educational researchers, teacher educators, school administrators, teachers, policy makers, and all those concerned with school literacy and educational equity.
Author | : Limei Zhang |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2017-10-09 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9811063257 |
Download Metacognitive and Cognitive Strategy Use in Reading Comprehension Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book examines the relationship between Chinese college-level test takers' strategy use and reading test performance using a Structural Equation Modelling Approach. With a large sample of Chinese college-level test takers, the book investigates the underlying structure of the EFL reading test. It suggests implications for classroom teachers and testing researchers about the relationship between metacognitive and cognitive strategy use in testing contexts.
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Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Education |
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Download Resources in Education Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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Total Pages | : 1208 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Education |
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Author | : Antony John Kunnan |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2013-04-03 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 113649779X |
Download Validation in Language Assessment Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Validation in Language Assessment contributes to the variety of validation approaches and analytical and interpretive techniques only recently adopted by language assessment researchers. Featuring selected papers from the 17th Language Testing Research Colloquium, the volume presents diverse approaches with an international perspective on validation in language assessment.
Author | : Bruno D. Zumbo |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2017-05-23 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 3319561294 |
Download Understanding and Investigating Response Processes in Validation Research Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This volume addresses an urgent need across multiple disciplines to broaden our understanding and use of response processes evidence of test validity. It builds on the themes and findings of the volume Validity and Validation in Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences (Zumbo & Chan, 2014), with a focus on measurement validity evidence based on response processes. Approximately 1000 studies are published each year examining the validity of inferences made from tests and measures in the social, behavioural, and health sciences. The widely accepted Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (1999, 2014) present five sources of evidence for validity: content-related, response processes, internal structure, relationships with other variables, and consequences of testing. Many studies focus on internal structure and relationships with other variables sources of evidence, which have a long history in validation research, known methodologies, and numerous exemplars in the literature. Far less is understood by test users and researchers conducting validation work about how to think about and apply new and emerging sources of validity evidence. This groundbreaking volume is the first to present conceptual models of response processes, methodological issues that arise in gathering response processes evidence, as well as applications and exemplars for providing response processes evidence in validation work.