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Vygotsky's Teaching-Assessment Dialectic and L2 Education: The Case for Dynamic Assessment
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Poehner, Matthew E.; Lantolf, James P. – Mind, Culture, and Activity, 2010
This article concerns a particular application of Vygotsky's concept of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) wherein conventional assessment situations are reorganized to allow for cooperation between assessor and learner as they jointly complete assessment tasks and work through difficulties that arise. This approach, known as Dynamic…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Testing, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods
Comments on James D. Brown and Thom Hudson's "The Alternatives in Language Assessment."
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Bruton, Anthony; Brown, James Dean; Hudson, Thom – TESOL Quarterly, 1999
Anthony Bruton comments on Brown and Hudson's article "The Alternatives in Language Assessment," (v32 n4 Win 1998). Raises questions about some of their definitions and categories and suggests additional items that need to be considered by test takers. Brown and Hudson reply with clarifications of terms and definition of the scope of their paper.…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Language Tests
Using Cooperative Learning To Facilitate Alternative Assessment.
Ghaith, Ghazi – Forum, 2002
Discusses alternative assessment in the language classroom, provides examples of seven cooperative assessment activities: correcting individual quizzes and homework, observing students at work, interviews, peer composition, oral presentations, group projects, and group processing. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, English (Second Language)
The Alternatives in Language Assessment.
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Brown, James D.; Hudson, Thom – TESOL Quarterly, 1998
Discusses the types of language tests that language teachers can use in their classrooms for their specific purposes. Language assessments are classified into three categories: selected-response assessments; constructed-response assessments; and personal-response assessments. A definition is provided for each assessment type, and advantages and…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Feedback, Language Teachers
Seeking Authentic Changes: New Performance-based Report Cards.
Fleurquin, Fernando – Forum, 1998
Describes evaluation and assessment tools that have been devised by one institution as practical and informative ways to report students' results. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alternative Assessment, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Testing Strategies Involving Least Biased Language Assessment of Bilingual Children.
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Saenz, Terry Irvine; Huer, Mary Blake – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2003
This article discusses alternative language assessment approaches with children for whom English is a second language. Advantages and disadvantages of each approach are noted. Also, results of a preliminary investigation with 28 bilingual Latino children using modifications of the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals are presented.…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Elementary Secondary Education
Test Usefulness in Alternative Assessment.
van Daalen, Margaret – Dialog on Language Instruction, 1999
Explores test usefulness in alternative assessment and discusses self-assessment, portfolios and diaries, video and peer observations, and peer assessment. The concept of washback (how the test affects processes of learning and instruction) and concerns about alternative assessment are also addressed. Considerations for implementing alternative…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Diaries, Evaluation Methods, Learning Processes
Alternative Assessment.
Maoz, Sarah – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 2000
Discusses alternative assessment in light of the New English Curriculum, considers why teachers and students in Israel may be reluctant to use alternative assessment, and provides a summary of different types of alternative assessment used at an Israeli high school. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries