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Ghahari, Shima; Farokhnia, Farzaneh – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2018
Literature on the learning benefits and interpersonal mechanisms of peer assessment (PA) and teacher assessment (TA) has been inconsistent. As part of a large-scale study, the research reported here has addressed the effect of formative PA on language grammar uptake and complexity, accuracy, and fluency triad scale levels, in comparison both to TA…
Descriptors: Reflection, Formative Evaluation, Peer Evaluation, Grammar
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Zou, Di – Language Teaching Research, 2017
This research inspects the allocation of involvement load to the evaluation component of the involvement load hypothesis, examining how three typical approaches to evaluation (cloze-exercises, sentence-writing, and composition-writing) promote word learning. The results of this research were partially consistent with the predictions of the…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Cloze Procedure, Phrase Structure, Teaching Methods
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Tillyer, Anthea; Sokolik, Maggi – College ESL, 1993
Steps required for developing a successful project class are described, beginning with an examination of how to use student writing projects with lower proficiency learners. A discussion of how projects can best be used as teaching and evaluation instruments in higher level classes is followed by examples of specific projects and styles. (Contains…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods
Tannenbaum, Jo-Ellen – 1996
This digest provides examples of measures well suited for assessing English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students. Alternative assessment is particularly useful with ESL students because it asks students to show what they can integrate and produce, not simply recall and reproduce. Alternative assessment includes varied measures adaptable for…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Charts, Creative Writing, Dialog Journals
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Kluge, David, Ed.; McGuire, Steve, Ed.; Johnson, David, Ed. – 1999
This volume is a collection of papers focused on a single theme, cooperative learning, written by classroom teachers of varying experience levels. This book introduces cooperative learning and gives examples of cooperative learning activities, units, and systems created by teachers in Japan, The United States, and Canada, who are currently using…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
Hargett, Gary R. – 1998
The purposes and methods of testing in bilingual and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) education are discussed. Different instruments, including specific published tests, are listed and described briefly. They include language proficiency assessments, achievement tests, and assessments in special education. Introductory sections address topics…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Bilingual Education, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cloze Procedure