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Madyarov, Irshat – CALICO Journal, 2009
Teaching foreign languages at distance is now becoming widespread; so is the need for evaluating online language courses. This article discusses an example of a framework that was applied to evaluate an online English as a foreign language (EFL) course at a Middle Eastern university. The development of the framework investigated areas of interest…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Distance Education, Online Courses, Psychometrics
Swain, Jon; Brown, Margaret; Coben, Diana; Rhodes, Valerie; Ananiadou, Katerina; Brown, Peter – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2008
This paper describes the process of designing and administering a sufficiently valid and reliable assessment instrument to measure the progress in attainment of adult learners studying numeracy, and discusses some of the inherent difficulties that were involved. The fieldwork took place during 2003-2005 and involved a sample of 34 teachers and 412…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Psychometrics
Educational Testing Service, 2008
This document describes the breadth of the research being conducted in 2008 by the Research and Development Division at Educational Testing Service (ETS). The research described falls into three large categories: (1) Research supported by the ETS research allocation; (2) Research funded by testing programs at ETS; and (3) Research funded by…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Testing Programs, Educational Testing, Educational Research
Wagenaar, Theodore C. – Teaching Sociology, 2004
Assessment has since taken center stage in higher education. Over two-thirds of the states have mandated assessment to document student performance, and many states have initiated performance-based funding strategies. Most assessment efforts are local, including those reported in the special issue of "Teaching Sociology," and most efforts use…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Evaluation, Sociology, Evaluation Methods
An Instrument Development Model for Online Surveys in Human Resource Development and Adult Education
Strachota, Elaine M.; Conceicao, Simone C. O.; Schmidt, Steven W. – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2006
This article describes the use of a schematic model for developing and distributing online surveys. Two empirical studies that developed and implemented online surveys to collect data to measure satisfaction in various aspects of human resource development and adult education exemplify the use of the model to conduct online survey research. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Research Methodology, Human Resources, Online Surveys