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Rater Effects in ITA Testing: ESL Teachers' versus American Undergraduates' Judgments of Accentedness, Comprehensibility, and Oral Proficiency
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Hsieh, Ching-Ni – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Second language (L2) oral performance assessment always involves raters' subjective judgments and is thus subject to rater variability. The variability due to rater characteristics has important consequential impacts on decision-making processes, particularly in high-stakes testing situations (Bachman, Lynch, & Mason, 1995; A. Brown, 1995;…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Phonology, Teaching Assistants, Foreign Students
Lost in Translation: Using Video Annotation Software to Examine How a Clinical Supervisor Interprets and Applies a State-Mandated Teacher Assessment Instrument
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Miller, Matthew James; Carney, Joanne – Teacher Educator, 2009
This case study examines the reasoning of a clinical supervisor as she assesses preservice teacher candidates with a state-mandated performance assessment instrument. The supervisor's evaluations were recorded using video annotation software, which allowed her to record her observations in real-time. The study reveals some of the inherent…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Evaluation, Performance Based Assessment, Clinical Supervision (of Teachers)
A Virtual Reality Dance Training System Using Motion Capture Technology
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Chan, J. C. P.; Leung, H.; Tang, J. K. T.; Komura, T. – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2011
In this paper, a new dance training system based on the motion capture and virtual reality (VR) technologies is proposed. Our system is inspired by the traditional way to learn new movements-imitating the teacher's movements and listening to the teacher's feedback. A prototype of our proposed system is implemented, in which a student can imitate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Control Groups
Transforming E-Assessment in American Sign Language: Pedagogical and Technological Enhancements in Online Language Learning and Performance Assessment
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Miller, Charles; Hooper, Simon; Rose, Susan; Montalto-Rook, Michael – Learning, Media and Technology, 2008
The rapid increase in demand for American Sign Language (ASL) instruction between 1998 and 2002 created pervasive challenges in effectively assessing and documenting ASL learner performance. To address these challenges, we designed and developed the "Avenue ASL" e-assessment environment: an integrated, network-based software system to capture,…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Performance Tests, American Sign Language, Computer Mediated Communication