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Does Modality Matter? Aural and Written Vocabulary in Second Language Listening and Reading Comprehension
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Takehiro Iizuka – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study examined the significance of the mode of delivery--aural versus written--in second language (L2) vocabulary knowledge and L2 comprehension skills. One of the unique aspects of listening comprehension that sets it apart from reading comprehension is the mode of delivery--language input is delivered not visually but aurally. Somewhat…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Language Skills, Error of Measurement
Measuring Language Ability of Students with Compensatory Multidimensional CAT: A Post-Hoc Simulation Study
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Ozdemir, Burhanettin; Gelbal, Selahattin – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
The computerized adaptive tests (CAT) apply an adaptive process in which the items are tailored to individuals' ability scores. The multidimensional CAT (MCAT) designs differ in terms of different item selection, ability estimation, and termination methods being used. This study aims at investigating the performance of the MCAT designs used to…
Descriptors: Scores, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Items, Language Proficiency
The Creation and Validation of a Listening Vocabulary Levels Test
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McLean, Stuart; Kramer, Brandon; Beglar, David – Language Teaching Research, 2015
An important gap in the field of second language vocabulary assessment concerns the lack of validated tests measuring aural vocabulary knowledge. The primary purpose of this study is to introduce and provide preliminary validity evidence for the Listening Vocabulary Levels Test (LVLT), which has been designed as a diagnostic tool to measure…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Data Collection Design for Equivalent Groups Equating: Using a Matrix Stratification Framework for Mixed-Format Assessment
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Mbella, Kinge Keka – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Mixed-format assessments are increasingly being used in large scale standardized assessments to measure a continuum of skills ranging from basic recall to higher order thinking skills. These assessments are usually comprised of a combination of (a) multiple-choice items which can be efficiently scored, have stable psychometric properties, and…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Test Format, Evaluation Methods, Multiple Choice Tests
Standard Error Estimation of 3PL IRT True Score Equating with an MCMC Method
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Liu, Yuming; Schulz, E. Matthew; Yu, Lei – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2008
A Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method and a bootstrap method were compared in the estimation of standard errors of item response theory (IRT) true score equating. Three test form relationships were examined: parallel, tau-equivalent, and congeneric. Data were simulated based on Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary tests of the Iowa Tests of…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Test Format, Markov Processes, Educational Testing
Test-Retest Analyses of the Test of English as a Foreign Language. TOEFL Research Reports Report 45.
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Henning, Grant – 1993
This study provides information about the total and component scores of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). First, the study provides comparative global and component estimates of test-retest, alternate-form, and internal-consistency reliability, controlling for sources of measurement error inherent in the examinees and the testing…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Error of Measurement, Estimation (Mathematics)