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Wei, Jing; Llosa, Lorena – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2015
This article reports on an investigation of the role raters' language background plays in raters' assessment of test takers' speaking ability. Specifically, this article examines differences between American and Indian raters in their scores and scoring processes when rating Indian test takers' responses to the Test of English as a Foreign…
Descriptors: North Americans, Indians, Evaluators, English (Second Language)
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Pérez-Marín, Diana; Pascual-Nieto, Ismael – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2013
A pedagogic conversational agent (PCA) can be defined as a computer system that interacts with the student in natural language assuming the role of the instructor, a student or a companion. It can have a personality and can generate different sentences according to the agent or the student mood. Empathy with the students' feelings seems to…
Descriptors: Natural Language Processing, Conversational Language Courses, Computer Assisted Instruction, Questionnaires
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Zottmann, J. M.; Goeze, A.; Frank, C.; Zentner, U.; Fischer, F.; Schrader, J. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2012
Analytical competency in classroom situations can be seen as a crucial aspect of teachers' professional competency. While case-based learning is considered to have great potential for teacher education, particularly with respect to the promotion of teachers' analytical skills, there have been very few attempts to investigate the effects of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competence, Preservice Teacher Education, Learning Processes
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Lancaster, Paula E.; Schumaker, Jean B.; Lancaster, Sean J. C.; Deshler, Donald D. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2009
Students with disabilities must meet many testing demands, given the current emphasis on accountability and state competency testing. The purpose of this project was to develop and field test a computerized program to teach the Test-Taking Strategy (Hughes, Schumaker, Deshler, & Mercer, 1988) to secondary-level students with disabilities. The…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Protocol Analysis, Learning Disabilities
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Cronje, J. C.; Fouche, J. – Computers & Education, 2008
While different approaches to evaluation will yield different results, depending on the purpose of the evaluation this article describes an evaluation approach that was aimed at investigation of the mental models of users of the programme. The study was driven by questions about the differences in mental models of the instructional designers and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Energy, Evaluation Methods