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Iconicity Perception under the Lens of Iconicity Rating and Transparency Tasks in Israeli Sign Language (ISL)
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Orit Fuks – Sign Language Studies, 2023
This study undertook iconicity ratings and conducted transparency experiments on Israeli Sign Language (ISL). Experiment 1 compared the iconicity ratings of 520 lexical signs of ten Deaf ISL signers and thirteen hearing non-signers. Ratings were found to be affected by language knowledge, lexical class, and type of iconic mapping, as well as by…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Sign Language, Motion, Foreign Countries
What Teachers Know and Do about Assessing Students' Self-Regulated Learning
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Michalsky, Tova – Teachers College Record, 2017
To foster their students' self-regulated learning (SRL), teachers' lesson goals should include not only SRL teaching but also assessment of students' SRL behaviors/processes to verify whether teachers achieved their goals. This article presents a study that sought to examine teachers' knowledge about SRL assessment, actual assessment of SRL in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Knowledge Level, Teacher Behavior
Assessment Literacy or Language Assessment Literacy: Learning from the Teachers
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Levi, Tziona; Inbar-Lourie, Ofra – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2020
The conceptualization of language assessment literacy (LAL) is currently a subject of debate in the language testing community, especially with regard to the role language components play in this construct. This is part of a broader discussion of generic and discipline-specific assessment literacy. Previous research on language teachers' LAL aimed…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Knowledge Level, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning