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Download full textElinor, Siaegh-Haddad – 1997
A study investigated the effect of test item type (multiple-choice or open-ended) on performance reading comprehension tests given in both the student's native language and a second language. Subjects were 24 native Arabic-speaking and 38 native Hebrew-speaking students at Haifa University (Israel), all enrolled in a course in English as a second…
Descriptors: Arabic, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics
Peer reviewedZeidner, Moshe – Language Testing, 1986
Examines the validity of the cultural bias contention with respect to English aptitude tests by looking at test scores of Jewish and Arab students applying for admission to a college in Israel. Results show evidence for differential construct or predictive validity of test scores as a function of cultural group membership. (31 references)…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Arabic, Comparative Analysis, Culture Fair Tests
