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Validation of a Videoconferenced Speaking Test
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Kim, Jungtae; Craig, Daniel A. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2012
Videoconferencing offers new opportunities for language testers to assess speaking ability in low-stakes diagnostic tests. To be considered a trusted testing tool in language testing, a test should be examined employing appropriate validation processes [Chapelle, C.A., Jamieson, J., & Hegelheimer, V. (2003). "Validation of a web-based ESL…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Testing, Language Tests, Construct Validity
Testing Accommodations for University Students with AD/HD: Computerized vs. Paper-Pencil/Regular vs. Extended Time
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Lee, Kathryn S.; Osborne, Randall E.; Carpenter, David N. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2010
Prompted by a previous study investigating the effects of pacing on the academic testing performance of college students with AD/HD, we further explored our preliminary findings, which suggested that a computerized testing environment enhanced the testing performance of college students with AD/HD. We compared the effects of a computerized vs.…
Descriptors: College Students, Testing Accommodations, Testing, Attention Deficit Disorders
A Multifactor Analysis of the Instructional Effect of Type of Instruction, Testing, Recall and Order of Testing.
De Melo, Hermes Teixeria; Dwyer, Francis M. – 1982
This study investigated the effects of (1) verbal instruction alone vs. verbal instruction complemented by simple line drawings; (2) visual testing vs. nonvisual testing; (3) verbal cueing vs. free recall on achievement; and (4) order of testing on subsequent achievement. Interactions among type of instruction, type of testing, and order of…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Research, Higher Education, Illustrations
The Instructional Effect of Color in Immediate and Delayed Retention.
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Lamberski, Richard J. – 1982
The effect of verbal and visual (color or black/white) coding strategies in self-paced instruction and test materials in facilitating student retention on different cognitive tasks was studied. The 176 college student subjects received instruction and testing using varied combinations of color or black/white materials. Instructional materials were…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, College Students, Color, Higher Education
The Effect of Varied Practice Activities in Complementing Visualized Instruction.
Dwyer, Carol A. – 1987
The purpose of this study was to determine whether different types of practice strategies are equally effective in facilitating encoding strategies and in subsequent information acquisition and retrieval by students identified as possessing high, medium, and low prior knowledge levels in a content area. Within the context of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Drills (Practice), Encoding (Psychology)
Computer Testing versus Paper-and-Pencil Testing: An Analysis of Examinee Characteristics Associated with Mode Effect.
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Parshall, Cynthia G.; Kromrey, Jeffrey D. – 1993
This paper studies whether examinee characteristics are systematically related to mode effect across paper and computer versions of the same instrument, using data from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) of the Educational Testing Service in its Computer-Based Testing Pilot Study of 1991. The following characteristics of 1,114 examinees were…
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Comparative Testing