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Farzaneh Khodabandeh – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2025
Augmented reality (AR) technology has risen as a promising instrument for enriching educational encounters across diverse learning environments. In the realm of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instruction, AR applications have shown potential in improving vocabulary learning and retention among students. This research investigates the effect…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Retention (Psychology), Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Wind, Stefanie A. – Language Testing, 2023
Researchers frequently evaluate rater judgments in performance assessments for evidence of differential rater functioning (DRF), which occurs when rater severity is systematically related to construct-irrelevant student characteristics after controlling for student achievement levels. However, researchers have observed that methods for detecting…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Decision Making, Student Characteristics, Performance Based Assessment
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Lai, Kuo-Wei Kyle; Chen, Hao-Jan Howard – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2023
Research on vocabulary acquisition in digital game-based learning has been increasing over the years, with advancements in technology giving rise to numerous learning alternatives in second language acquisition. As virtual reality gaming offers new opportunities to explore its effectiveness in language learning, it is thus important to investigate…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Game Based Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Chong, Sin Wang, Ed.; Reinders, Hayo, Ed. – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2023
This edited book documents practices of learning-oriented language assessment through practitioner research and research syntheses. Learning-oriented language assessment refers to language assessment strategies that capitalise on learner differences and their relationships with the learning environments. In other words, learners are placed at the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Tests, Evaluation Methods, Student Centered Learning
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Kruk, Mariusz – Teaching English with Technology, 2014
Online virtual worlds are becoming important tools in foreign/second language instruction in view of the fact that they enhance learner motivation, promote autonomy and social presence in a 3D environment. Virtual worlds are a type of reality in which students can meet and communicate with other learners in the target language using text, voice or…
Descriptors: Internet, Information Sources, Web Based Instruction, Second Language Instruction
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MacCann, Robert G.; Stanley, Gordon – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2010
In educational systems, concern has been expressed about the accuracy of classification when marks are aligned to grades or levels. In particular, it has been claimed that a school assessment-based grading would have much greater levels of accuracy than one based on examination scores. This paper investigates classification consistency by…
Descriptors: Classification, Scores, Grades (Scholastic), Reliability