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Pseudowords and Guessing in the Yes/No Format Vocabulary Test
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Zhang, Xian; Liu, Jianda; Ai, Haiyang – Language Testing, 2020
The main purpose of this study is to investigate guessing in the Yes/No (YN) format vocabulary test. One-hundred-and-five university students took a YN test, a translation task and a multiple-choice vocabulary size test (MC VST). With matched lexical properties between the real words and the pseudowords, pseudowords could index guessing in the YN…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Language Tests, Test Format, College Students
Evaluating the Efficacy of Yes-No Checklist Tests to Assess Knowledge of Multi-Word Lexical Units
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Raymond Stubbe; Yumiko Cochrane – Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2019
One of the many challenges facing Japanese university students studying English is the multi-word phrase. The English language contains a large number of such multiple-word items, which act as single words with a single meaning. This study is concerned with evaluating the efficacy of yes/no checklist tests to assess knowledge of multi-word units.…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Word Lists, Phrase Structure, English (Second Language)
Assessment of the Measurement Equivalence of a Spanish Translation of the 16PF Questionnaire.
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Ellis, Barbara B.; Mead, Alan D. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2000
Used the differential functioning of items and tests (DFIT) framework to examine the measurement equivalence of a Spanish translation of the Sixteen Personality Factor (16PF) Questionnaire using samples of 309 Anglo American college students and other adults, 280 English-speaking Hispanics, and 244 Spanish-speaking college students. Results show…
Descriptors: Adults, College Students, Higher Education, Hispanic American Students
Using Bilingual Respondents To Evaluate Translated-Adapted Items.
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Sireci, Stephen G.; Berberoglu, Giray – Applied Measurement in Education, 2000
Studied a method for investigating the equivalence of translated-adapted items using bilingual test takers through item response theory. Results from an English-Turkish course evaluation form completed by 688 Turkish students indicate that the methodology is effective in flagging items that function differentially across languages and informing…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, College Students, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Students' Evaluations of University Teaching: Chinese Version of the Students' Evaluations of Educational Quality Instrument.
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Marsh, Herbert W.; Hau, Kit-Tai; Chung, Choi-Man; Siu, Teresa L. P. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1997
The applicability of a Chinese translation of the Students' Evaluation of Educational Quality (SEEQ) (H. W. Marsh, 1982 and later) and the generality of findings based on North American research were studied with 844 students at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Results support the use of the SEEQ in this Chinese setting. (SLD)
Descriptors: Chinese, College Faculty, College Students, Foreign Countries
The Academic Motivation Scale: A Measure of Intrinsic, Extrinsic, and Amotivation in Education.
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Vallerand, Robert J.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1992
A French measure of motivation toward education was cross-culturally validated in English with 745 Canadian university students. Results demonstrate satisfactory internal consistency and temporal stability for the English version, the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS). A LISREL confirmatory factor analysis confirms the seven-factor structure of the…
Descriptors: College Students, Culture Fair Tests, English, Factor Structure