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Evaluation of Language and Teaching Skill Domains for International Teaching Assistants: An Approach Based on Invariant Measurement

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Chang, Heesun – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2022

Drawing on the framework of invariant measurement from Rasch measurement theory, the purpose of this study is to psychometrically evaluate the 20 language and teaching skill domains of the International Teaching Assistant (ITA) Test using the many-facet Rasch model and to empirically explore performance differences between females and males in…

Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction

The Interaction between Cognitive Test-Taking Strategies, Reading Ability, and Reading Comprehension Test Performance of Iranian EFL Learners

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Ghafournia, Narjes; Afghari, Akbar – English Language Teaching, 2013

The study scrutinized the probable interaction between using cognitive test-taking strategies, reading proficiency, and reading comprehension test performance of Iranian postgraduate students, who studied English as a foreign language. The study also probed the extent to which the participants' test performance was related to the use of certain…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, English (Second Language)