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Do Visual Chunks and Planning Impact Performance on the Graph Description Task in the SPEAK Exam?
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Xi, Xiaoming – Language Testing, 2005
This study examines how task characteristics (the number of visual chunks and the amount of planning time) and test-taker characteristics (graph familiarity) influence the perceptual and cognitive processes involved in graph comprehension, the strategies used in describing graphs, and the scores obtained on the graph description task in a…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Familiarity, Graphs, Cognitive Processes