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Mona Najjarpour; Esmaeel Ali Salimi – International Journal of Language Testing, 2024
While the potential of Dynamic Assessment (DA) and its variants (Computerized Dynamic Assessment (CDA) and Group Dynamic Assessment (GDA)) for EFL classrooms has been recognized, there is a lack of research on its practical implementation compared to the well-established field of Summative Assessment (SA). Thus, the objective of this qualitative…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Samaneh Zolfaghari; Hamid Ashraf; Hossein Khodabakhshzadeh; Gholamreza Zareian – International Journal of Language Testing, 2023
A paradigm shift in education has led to implementing learner-centered pedagogy (LCP) which considers learners as the central element of the learning process, and it is progressively being encouraged in higher education. Examining the implementation of learner-centered pedagogy in English language teaching (ELT) context is important. While this…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Shahmirzadi, Niloufar – International Journal of Language Testing, 2023
The documentation of test takers' achievements has been accomplished through large-scale assessments to find general information about students' language ability. To remove subjectivity, Cognitive Diagnostic Assessment (CDA) has recently played a crucial role in perceiving candidates' latent attribute patterns to find multi-diagnostic information…
Descriptors: Placement Tests, Test Validity, Programming Languages, Diagnostic Tests
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Hemati, Seyed Jamal; Baghaei, Purya – International Journal of Language Testing, 2020
Cognitive Diagnostic Models are a class of multidimensional categorical latent trait models which provide diagnostic information by reporting examinees' mastery profiles on a set of predefined skills. CDMs provide fine grained information concerning examinees' strengths and weaknesses in the subskills and subprocesses which constitute a larger…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Reading Comprehension, Mastery Learning, Diagnostic Tests
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Yu, Xiaoli – International Journal of Language Testing, 2021
This study examined the development of text complexity for the past 25 years of reading comprehension passages in the National Matriculation English Test (NMET) in China. Text complexity of 206 reading passages at lexical, syntactic, and discourse levels has been measured longitudinally and compared across the years. The natural language…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Difficulty Level, Natural Language Processing
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Ashraf, Hamid; Motallebzadeh, Khalil; Ghazizadeh, Faezeh – International Journal of Language Testing, 2016
This study investigated the impact of electronic-based dynamic assessment on the listening skill of Iranian EFL learners to achieve this goal, a group of 40 female EFL upper-intermediate students (aged between 26 to 38 years old) from to language institutes were selected as the participants of the study after administering a Quick Placement Test…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction