Investigating The Role Of Test Methods In Testing Reading Comprehension

Author : Jufang Kong
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811370214
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Investigating the Role of Test Methods in Testing Reading Comprehension written by Jufang Kong and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-03-27 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the construct of reading comprehension by means of two main test methods. Research methods like the think aloud protocol and eye tracking are employed to tap into test-takers’ cognitive processes while engaged in input text meaning building, and in test tasks. The book is the first systematic attempt to explore test-takers’ cognitive processes through the control of test methods, and presents findings in visualized form including processing route maps and eye fixation heat maps. It offers readers essential support with “digging into” and analyzing data that has to date remained difficult to access.

Author : Karim Sadeghi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030844706
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Assessing Second Language Reading written by Karim Sadeghi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-08-25 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the issue of cloze-validity as a measure of second language reading comprehension. It starts off by making a distinction between general reading ability and the more specific reading comprehension followed by a thorough review of the related research on L2 reading comprehension and sorting out the confusion in the literature in this categorization. A comprehensive account of cloze procedure is presented discussing its origin, different versions, its use for teaching and testing purposes, as well the latest research on cloze as measures of readability, language proficiency and second language reading. The book includes studies conducted at several stages on validating cloze as a measure of reading and interview and questionnaire techniques are applied to investigate the validity of eight cloze tests, criterion reading tests, and other cloze and reading tests in general. Two new cloze tests, i.e. reader-centered cloze test and phrase cloze test, are also introduced and researched as measures of reading ability. The book concludes with suggestions for developing tests that can better measure reading comprehension in light of recent research insights on the complex and dynamic nature of reading. This book will appeal to researchers, lecturers and graduate and post-graduate students taking a course in Second Language Acquisition, Applied Linguistics, TESOL, Language Assessment, and Educational Measurement.

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ISBN 13 : 9783125353312
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Testing Reading Through Summary written by and published by . This book was released on 2014-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lynda Taylor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781107695702
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Testing Reading through Summary written by Lynda Taylor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the use of summary tasks as an effective means of assessing reading comprehension ability. It reports on a series of empirical studies that investigated the development and trialling of text-removed summary completion tasks and discusses the correlation of these tasks with results from independent measures to validate text-removed summary completion as a measure of reading comprehension ability.

Author : Arlette Ingram Willis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135610347
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading Comprehension Research and Testing in the U.S. written by Arlette Ingram Willis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book challenges traditional, sanctioned, and official histories of reading comprehension by examining how ideological and cultural hegemony work to reproduce dominant ideologies through education in general and reading comprehension research and testing specifically. Willis analyzes the ideological and cultural foundations that underpin concepts, theories, research, tests, and interpretations, and connects these to the broader social and political contexts within U.S. history in which reading comprehension research and testing have evolved. The reconstruction of a history of reading comprehension research and testing in this way demystifies past and current assumptions about the interconnections among researchers, reading comprehension research, and standardized reading comprehension tests. A promising vision of the future of reading comprehension research and testing emerges–one that is more complex, multidimensional, inclusive, and socially just. Reading Comprehension Research and Testing in the U.S. aims to revolutionize how reading comprehension is conceived, theorized, tested, and interpreted for all children. This is a critically relevant volume for educational researchers, teacher educators, school administrators, teachers, policy makers, and all those concerned with school literacy and educational equity.

Author : Limei Zhang
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811063257
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Metacognitive and Cognitive Strategy Use in Reading Comprehension written by Limei Zhang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-09 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the relationship between Chinese college-level test takers' strategy use and reading test performance using a Structural Equation Modelling Approach. With a large sample of Chinese college-level test takers, the book investigates the underlying structure of the EFL reading test. It suggests implications for classroom teachers and testing researchers about the relationship between metacognitive and cognitive strategy use in testing contexts.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1208 pages
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Download or read book Research in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 1208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Antony John Kunnan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113649779X
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Validation in Language Assessment written by Antony John Kunnan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Bruno D. Zumbo
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319561294
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding and Investigating Response Processes in Validation Research written by Bruno D. Zumbo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses an urgent need across multiple disciplines to broaden our understanding and use of response processes evidence of test validity. It builds on the themes and findings of the volume Validity and Validation in Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences (Zumbo & Chan, 2014), with a focus on measurement validity evidence based on response processes. Approximately 1000 studies are published each year examining the validity of inferences made from tests and measures in the social, behavioural, and health sciences. The widely accepted Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (1999, 2014) present five sources of evidence for validity: content-related, response processes, internal structure, relationships with other variables, and consequences of testing. Many studies focus on internal structure and relationships with other variables sources of evidence, which have a long history in validation research, known methodologies, and numerous exemplars in the literature. Far less is understood by test users and researchers conducting validation work about how to think about and apply new and emerging sources of validity evidence. This groundbreaking volume is the first to present conceptual models of response processes, methodological issues that arise in gathering response processes evidence, as well as applications and exemplars for providing response processes evidence in validation work.