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Yesilbursa, Amanda – English Language Teaching, 2013
Although Reflective Practice is a popular approach to teacher education, there have been some recent criticisms regarding its effectiveness in students learning. Some researchers have put this down to the fact that the concept has not been operationalised, and it is thus impossible to set up empirical studies. The current study was conducted to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Construct Validity, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)
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Salehi, Mohammad – English Language Teaching, 2011
To investigate the construct validly of a section of a high stakes test, an exploratory factor analysis using principal components analysis was employed. The rotation used was varimax with the suppression level of 0.30. Eleven factors were extracted out of 35 reading comprehension items. The fact that these factors emerged speak to the construct…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Factor Structure