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Examining the Inseparability of Content Knowledge from LSP Reading Ability: An Approach Combining Bifactor-Multidimensional Item Response Theory and Structural Equation Modeling
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Cai, Yuyang; Kunnan, Antony John – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2018
This study examined the separability of domain-general and domain-specific content knowledge from Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) reading ability. A pool of 1,491 nursing students in China participated by responding to a nursing English test and a nursing knowledge test. Primary data analysis involved four steps: (a) conducting a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Item Response Theory, Structural Equation Models, English for Special Purposes