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Junlan Pan; Emma Marsden – Language Testing, 2024
"Tests of Aptitude for Language Learning" (TALL) is an openly accessible internet-based battery to measure the multifaceted construct of foreign language aptitude, using language domain-specific instruments and L1-sensitive instructions and stimuli. This brief report introduces the components of this theory-informed battery and…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Aptitude Tests, Second Language Learning, Test Construction
Szu S. Ling; Fabrice Saffre; Deborah L. Gater; Lilia Halim; Abdel F. Isakovic – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
Computer quiz games are introduced to improve teaching and learning in a freshman engineering chemistry course in an English-as-a-second-language (ESL) environment. These quiz games are developed and implemented as supplemental and augmentative tools to enhance traditionally delivered lectures. The paper shows an increase in students' motivation…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Tests, Chemistry, Engineering Education
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Wiberg, Marie; Lyrén, Per-Erik; Lind Pantzare, Anna – Education Sciences, 2021
The aim of this paper is to describe, analyze, and discuss how Swedish schools and the national tests in schools, university teaching and examination, and the college admissions test, Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (SweSAT), have been affected by the COVID-19 situation. A further aim is to discuss the challenges in schools, universities and in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Standardized Tests, Testing, College Entrance Examinations
Mkdadi, Ali Mahmod – Online Submission, 2019
This article surveys the writing on technology in language and unknown dialect learning. Given the solid enthusiasm for innovation use for language learning, it is imperative to take a gander at how innovation has been utilized in the field up to this point. The objectives of this examination are twofold: to see how technology have been utilized…
Descriptors: Dialects, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Instructional Innovation
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Yalçin, Sebnem; Çeçen, Sevdeger; Erçetin, Gülcan – Language Awareness, 2016
Working memory (WM) as a key component of language aptitude has become a topical issue, with some going so far as to argue that WM can replace language aptitude. Research that specifically investigates the relationship between WM and language aptitude is rather limited. This study explores the determinants of language aptitude, with a focus on WM…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Second Language Learning, Correlation, English (Second Language)
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Timmers, Caroline; Veldkamp, Bernard – Computers & Education, 2011
Three studies are presented on attention paid to feedback provided by a computer-based assessment for learning on information literacy. Results show that the attention paid to feedback varies greatly. In general the attention focuses on feedback of incorrectly answered questions. In each study approximately fifty percent of the respondents paid…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Test Length, Supervision, Computer Assisted Testing
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Pardo-Ballester, Cristina – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2010
This study describes research used for supporting a validity argument for a new Spanish Listening Exam, whose scores are intended to place examinees into appropriate levels of university Spanish classes. This study contributes to the field of argument-based approaches to language assessment by implementing Bachman's (2005) assessment use argument…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Language Aptitude
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Henderson, Sheila – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2012
This paper describes a study conducted with a random sample of 80 student primary teachers drawn from all four years of the Bachelor of Education (BEd) programme at a teacher education institution in Scotland, with a view to determining why there were such differing levels of engagement with an online maths assessment. The assessment was created…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, College Students, Mathematics Anxiety
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Britton, Sandra; Daners, Daniel; Stewart, Michael – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2007
It is difficult to ensure that incoming students enrol in first year courses at a level that is commensurate with their ability. Not only do students come from a diverse range of backgrounds, but mathematics at university is, in general, more rigorous and conceptual than it is at high school, and success at high school does not always guarantee…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Mathematics, Foreign Countries, Mathematical Aptitude
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Handwerk, Phil – ETS Research Report Series, 2007
Online high schools are growing significantly in number, popularity, and function. However, little empirical data has been published about the effectiveness of these institutions. This research examined the frequency of group work and extended essay writing among online Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) students, and how these tasks may have…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Advanced Placement, Computer Assisted Testing, Models