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Sudina, Ekaterina; Brown, Jason; Datzman, Brien; Oki, Yukiko; Song, Katherine; Cavanaugh, Robert; Thiruchelvam, Bala; Plonsky, Luke – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
'Grit' has been identified as an important predictor of success in a number of academic and non-academic domains (Duckworth, A. L., C. Peterson, M. D. Matthews, and D. R. Kelly. 2007. "Grit: Perseverance and Passion for Long-Term Goals." "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology" 92: 1087-1101.…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Camerer, Rudi – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2014
The testing of intercultural competence has long been regarded as the field of psychometric test procedures, which claim to analyse an individual's personality by specifying and quantifying personality traits with the help of self-answer questionnaires and the statistical evaluation of these. The underlying assumption is that what is analysed and…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Psychometrics, Personality Traits
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Kaminski, Ruth A.; Abbott, Mary; Bravo Aguayo, Katherine; Latimer, Rachael; Good, Roland H., III. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2014
Assessment is at the center of a decision-making model within a Response to Intervention (RTI) framework. Assessments that can be used for universal screening and progress monitoring in early childhood RTI models are needed that are both psychometrically sound and appropriate to meet developmental needs of young children. The Preschool Early…
Descriptors: Preschool Evaluation, Educational Indicators, Emergent Literacy, Benchmarking
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Spolsky, Bernard – Language Testing, 1997
Argues that tests have always been used as a means of political and social control. Maintains that test results are unreliable, especially at the extremes, that their predictive power is weak and that language testers need to be skeptical and need to insist on complete information on candidates' backgrounds for selection decision making. (10…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Error Analysis (Language), Ethics, Language Proficiency
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Mooij, Ton – Early Child Development and Care, 2000
A pilot study examined the reliability and predictive validity of a screening instrument for Dutch kindergartners. Findings indicated acceptable reliability and predictive validity. Parents could accurately screen their child's language proficiency level, pre-arithmetic level, and degree of extraversion at school entry. Teachers could predict…
Descriptors: Extraversion Introversion, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children