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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
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)