Descriptor
| English (Second Language) | 3 |
| Higher Education | 3 |
| Language Tests | 3 |
| Test Format | 3 |
| Foreign Countries | 2 |
| Psychometrics | 2 |
| Student Attitudes | 2 |
| Test Results | 2 |
| Advanced Courses | 1 |
| Cloze Procedure | 1 |
| College Freshmen | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Language Testing | 3 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Reports - Research | 3 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| Brazil | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedZeidner, Moshe; Bensoussan, Marsha – Language Testing, 1988
Compares student attitudes toward oral or written tests and the relationship of attitude to performance of 170 students enrolled in the advanced reading course of English as a foreign language at Haifa University (Israel). Students preferred written over oral tests. No meaningful relationship was observed between students' attitudes and test…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedScott, Mary Lee – Language Testing, 1986
Assessed native Brazilian students' affective reactions to different oral English-as-a-Foreign-Language achievement test formats. A multivariate analysis of variance based on the results of a factor analysis showed no significant difference among student reactions to the different test formats. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedChapelle, Carol – Language Testing, 1988
Investigates the relationship between field independence and language measures. Results indicate varying relationships of field independence with cloze, dictation, and multiple-choice language tests. These relationships also differ for native speakers in regular or remedial English classes, and for nonnative speakers. 53 references cited. Cloze…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Freshmen, Dictation, English (Second Language)
