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Concept Mapping for Rater Training.
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Papajohn, Dean – TESOL Quarterly, 2002
Investigates reasons for raters assignment of particular scores on a speaking test through the use of a method called "concept mapping." Based on results, suggests that information gained from this method can be used in rater training to emphasize key rating criteria that have been deemphasized or overlooked by raters to improve the validity of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Oral Language
Rating Scales Derived from Student Samples: Effects of the Scale Maker and the Student Sample on Scale Content and Student Scores.
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Turner, Carolyn E.; Upshur, John A. – TESOL Quarterly, 2002
Considers two variables inherent in the rating scale development process: scale developers and the sample performances used by the scale developers. Examined the development and use of scales using two samples of English-as-a-Second-Language student writing and three teams of rating scale developers to construct three empirically derived scales.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Rating Scales, Scores, Second Language Instruction
The Relationship Between Individual Differences in Learner Creativity and Language Learning Success.
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Otto, Istvan – TESOL Quarterly, 1998
Discusses the rationale for, and end results of, a small-scale study of the effects of learners' creativity on language learning. The study was part of an ongoing, larger-scale project on individual differences at Eotvos University in Budapest, Hungary. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Creativity, English (Second Language)
Predicting Success for International Teaching Assistant in a U.S. University.
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Yule, George; Hoffman, Paul – TESOL Quarterly, 1990
Analysis of performance evaluations of 233 international graduate teaching assistants found that students who received negative recommendations for teaching assignments had significantly lower Test of English-as-a-Foreign-Language and Graduate Record Examination verbal scores than those who received positive recommendations. (27 references)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Higher Education