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Hsieh, Mingchuan – Language Testing, 2013
When implementing standard setting procedures, there are two major concerns: variance between panelists and efficiency in conducting multiple rounds of judgments. With regard to the former, there is concern over the consistency of the cutoff scores made by different panelists. If the cut scores show an inordinately wide range then further rounds…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Standard Setting (Scoring), Language Tests, English (Second Language)
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Hsieh, Mingchuan – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2013
The Yes/No Angoff and Bookmark method for setting standards on educational assessment are currently two of the most popular standard-setting methods. However, there is no research into the comparability of these two methods in the context of language assessment. This study compared results from the Yes/No Angoff and Bookmark methods as applied to…
Descriptors: Standard Setting (Scoring), Comparative Analysis, Language Tests, Multiple Choice Tests
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Tsou, Wenli; Wang, Weichung; Li, Hung-yi – Computers & Education, 2002
Investigated computer-assisted foreign language abstract word learning with sixth graders in Taiwan. Discusses results that indicated students using the Web-based multimedia system learned significantly more abstract words than students in regular language learning class, and provides suggestions for improving the system used in this study.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 6
Chen, Lin Ching – 1997
This study investigates whether color and background information in motion visuals have different effects on memory and comprehension of students in various grade levels. A three-by-three factorial pretest-posttest design was used, comparing levels of visual complexity and grade levels. The instructional content was a 12-minute computer animation…
Descriptors: Color, Comprehension, Computer Graphics, Computer Uses in Education
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education
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Clifford, Margaret M.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1990
Academic risk taking--the selection of schoollike tasks ranging in difficulty and probability of success--was examined for 602 students in grades 4, 6, and 8 in Taiwan. Results of a self-report measure of tolerance for failure and a risk-taking task are discussed concerning self-enhancement versus self-assessment goals, metacognitive skills, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Processes