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Heidari, Nasim; Ghanbari, Nasim; Abbasi, Abbas – Language Testing in Asia, 2022
It is widely believed that human rating performance is influenced by an array of different factors. Among these, rater-related variables such as experience, language background, perceptions, and attitudes have been mentioned. One of the important rater-related factors is the way the raters interact with the rating scales. In particular, how raters…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Rating Scales, Language Tests, English (Second Language)
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Baran, Evrim; Uygun, Erdem; Altan, Tugba – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2017
Recent interest in integrating mobile apps into teaching will continue growing. There remains, however, a pressing need to develop methods and resources to support and educate preservice teachers about the use of these technologies. This case study aimed to examine preservice teachers' criteria for evaluating educational mobile apps. Nineteen…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Usability
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Cai, Hongwen – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2015
This study is an attempt to classify raters according to their weighting patterns and explore systematic differences between rater types in the rating process. In the context of an EFL speaking test, 126 raters were classified into three types--form-oriented, balanced, and content-oriented--through cluster analyses of their weighting patterns…
Descriptors: Classification, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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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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Barkaoui, Khaled – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2010
Various factors contribute to variability in English as a second language (ESL) essay scores and rating processes. Most previous research, however, has focused on score variability in relation to task, rater, and essay characteristics. A few studies have examined variability in essay rating processes. The current study used think-aloud protocols…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Holistic Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Rating Scales
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Strobl, Carola; Jacobs, Geert – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2011
In this article, we set out to assess QuADEM (Quality Assessment of Digital Educational Material), one of the latest methods for evaluating online language learning courseware. What is special about QuADEM is that the evaluation is based on observing the actual usage of the online courseware and that, from a checklist of 12 different components,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Video Technology, Feedback (Response)