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Direct linkLin, Le – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2020
This paper adds an organizational dimension to the body of literature on international student mobility. Existing studies examine push/pull factors and student motivations, neglecting that students' motivations and demands are not necessarily spontaneous, but can be shaped by external forces. Drawing on interview, archival and observation data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Student Mobility, Test Preparation
Download full textLiu, Ou Lydia; Schedl, Mary; Malloy, Jeanne; Kong, Nan – Educational Testing Service, 2009
The TOEFL iBT[TM] has increased the length of the reading passages in the reading section compared to the passages on the TOEFL[R] computer-based test (CBT) to better approximate academic reading in North American universities, resulting in a reduced number of passages in the reading test. A concern arising from this change is whether the decrease…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Internet, Computer Assisted Testing
Xi, Xiaoming; Mollaun, Pam – Educational Testing Service, 2009
This study investigated the scoring of the Test of English as a Foreign Language[TM] Internet-based Test (TOEFL iBT[TM]) Speaking section by bilingual or multilingual speakers of English and 1 or more Indian languages. We explored the extent to which raters from India, after being trained and certified, were able to score the Speaking section for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Internet, Language Tests
McKinley, Robert L.; Way, Walter D. – 1992
An analysis of the skills necessary for performance on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) tends to support the view that there are important, although subtle, secondary dimensions present in the test. This research explored the feasibility of an item response theory (IRT) based method of modeling examinee performance on these…
Descriptors: Ability, Goodness of Fit, Identification, Item Response Theory
