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Did They Take the Same Test? Examinee Language Proficiency and the Structure of Language Tests
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Sang-Keun, Shin – Language Testing, 2005
This study investigated the relationship between examinee proficiency and the structure of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the Speaking Proficiency in English Assessment Kit (SPEAK). Specifically, using multi-group structural equation modeling, this study tested two competing hypotheses about the relationship: whether or not…
Descriptors: Models, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Language Aptitude
Investigating the Effects of Strategy Use and Second Language Test Performance with High- and Low-Ability Test Takers: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach.
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Purpura, James E. – Language Testing, 1998
Uses structural equation modelling to examine the relationship between learning strategy use and second-language test performance (SLTP) in 1,382 high- and low-ability test takers. Results showed metacognitive strategy use and SLTP models produced similar factorial structures for each group; cognitive strategy use models differed. This suggests…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Aptitude, Language Proficiency, Language Tests