Determining Exemptions from Foreign Language Requirements: Use of the Modern Language Aptitude Test.

Goodman, Joan F.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1990

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Determining Exemptions from Foreign Language Requirements: Use of the Modern Language Aptitude Test.

Goodman, Joan F.; And Others

Contemporary Educational Psychology, v15 n2 p131-41 Apr 1990

The short form of the Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT) was administered to 587 university students, and scores were validated against final first and second semester grades in introductory foreign language classes for 529 and 365 students, respectively. The MLAT failed to distinguish good from poor students. (TJH)

Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Equivalency Tests, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education, Language Tests, Low Achievement, Regression (Statistics), Second Languages, Standardized Tests, Student Placement, Test Validity, Undergraduate Students

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Modern Language Aptitude Test; SAT (College Admission Test)

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