Validation in Language Assessment -

Validation in Language Assessment

Antony John Kunnan (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
304 Seiten
1998
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-8058-2753-8 (ISBN)
56,10 inkl. MwSt
This volume presents an international perspective on the different approaches language assessment researchers have taken on valiation. For researchers, practitioners, and graduate students.
Validation in Language Assessment contributes to the variety of validation approaches and analytical and interpretive techniques only recently adopted by language assessment researchers. Featuring selected papers from the 17th Language Testing Research Colloquium, the volume presents diverse approaches with an international perspective on validation in language assessment.

Antony John Kunnan

Contents: L. Bachman, Foreword. A.J. Kunnan, Preface. Approaches to Validation in Language Assessment. Part I:Test Development and Test Taking Process.D.M. Kenyon, An Investigation of the Validity of the Demands of Task on Performance-Based Tests of Oral Proficiency. J. Read, Validating the Word Associates Format as a Measure of Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge. R. Fortus, R. Coriat, S. Ford, Prediction of Item Difficulty in the English Section of the Israeli Psychometric Entrance Test. G. Wigglesworth, The Effect of Planning Time on Second Language Test Discourse. Part II:Test Taker Characteristics and Feedback.J.E. Purpura, The Development and Construct Validation of an Instrument Designed to Investigate Selected Cognitive Background Characteristics of Test Takers. C. Clapham, The Effect of Language Proficiency and Background Knowledge on EAP Students' Reading Comprehension. A. Ginther, J. Stevens, Language Background, Ethnicity, and the Internal Construct Validity of the Advanced Placement Spanish Language Examination. A. Brown, N. Iwashita, The Role of Language Background in the Validation of a Computer-Adaptive Test. K. Hill, The Effect of Test Taker Characteristics on Reactions to and Performance on an Oral English Proficiency Test. B. Norton, P. Stein, Why the "Monkeys Passage" Bombed: Tests, Genres, and Teaching. Part III:Perspectives on Validation Research.L. Hamp-Lyons, B.K. Lynch, Perspectives on Validity: An Historical Analysis of Conference Presentations.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 12.11.1998
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 521 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Test in der Psychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Verhaltenstherapie
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10 0-8058-2753-6 / 0805827536
ISBN-13 978-0-8058-2753-8 / 9780805827538
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