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A Sequential Approach to Detecting Differential Rater Functioning in Sparse Rater-Mediated Assessment Networks
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Wind, Stefanie A. – Language Testing, 2023
Researchers frequently evaluate rater judgments in performance assessments for evidence of differential rater functioning (DRF), which occurs when rater severity is systematically related to construct-irrelevant student characteristics after controlling for student achievement levels. However, researchers have observed that methods for detecting…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Decision Making, Student Characteristics, Performance Based Assessment
Statistical Learning in the Visuomotor Domain and Its Relation to Grammatical Proficiency in Children with and without Developmental Language Disorder: A Conceptual Replication and Meta-Analysis
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Lammertink, Imme; Boersma, Paul; Wijnen, Frank; Rispens, Judith – Language Learning and Development, 2020
Children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) have difficulties acquiring the grammatical rules of their native language. It has been proposed that children's detection of sequential statistical patterns correlates with grammatical proficiency and hence that a deficit in the detection of these regularities may underlie the difficulties with…
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Impairments, Language Acquisition, Native Language
Mediating EFL Learners' Academic Writing Skills in Online Dynamic Assessment Using Google Docs
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Ebadi, Saman; Rahimi, Masoud – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
Drawing on Vygotskian sociocultural theory of mind and social constructivism, and adopting a sequential exploratory mixed-methods approach, this study explored the impact of online dynamic assessment (DA) on EFL learners' academic writing skills through one-on-one individual and online synchronous DA sessions over Google Docs. It also investigated…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Sociocultural Patterns
Development of Early Measures of Comprehension: Innovation in Individual Growth and Development Indicators
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Wackerle-Hollman, Alisha K.; Rodriguez, Megan I.; Bradfield, Tracy A.; Rodriguez, Michael C.; McConnell, Scott R. – Grantee Submission, 2015
Early comprehension is an important, but not well-understood, contribution to early literacy and language development. Specifically, research regarding the nature of skills representative of early comprehension, including how they contribute to later reading success, is needed to support best practices to adequately prepare students. This article…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Beginning Reading, Language Acquisition, Response to Intervention
Development of Early Measures of Comprehension: Innovation in Individual Growth and Development Indicators
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Wackerle-Hollman, Alisha K.; Rodriguez, Megan I.; Bradfield, Tracy A.; Rodriguez, Michael C.; McConnell, Scott R. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2015
Early comprehension is an important, but not well-understood, contribution to early literacy and language development. Specifically, research regarding the nature of skills representative of early comprehension, including how they contribute to later reading success, is needed to support best practices to adequately prepare students. This article…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Beginning Reading, Language Acquisition, Response to Intervention
Item Sequence on Test Performance: Easy Items First?
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Soureshjani, Kamal Heidari – Language Testing in Asia, 2011
Among several factors affecting the performance of testees on a test is the sequence of the test items. The present study served as an attempt to shed light on the effect of test item sequence on Iranian EFL learners' performance on a test of grammar. To achieve such a purpose, 70 language learners of English at Pooyesh Institute in Shiraz (the…
Descriptors: Test Format, Test Items, Difficulty Level, Grammar