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Direct linkGiordano, Michael J. – Language Teaching Research, 2023
In this quasi-experimental study, the effects of lexical coverage through pseudo word manipulation in dialogue comprehension are investigated. Forty-four first-year students in a Japanese university listened to five dialogues at different lexical coverage levels: 98%, 95%, 90%, 85%, and 83%. The results of the comprehension tests confirm the…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Listening Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Huang, Xiaoting; Wilson, Mark; Wang, Lei – Educational Psychology, 2016
In recent years, large-scale international assessments have been increasingly used to evaluate and compare the quality of education across regions and countries. However, measurement variance between different versions of these assessments often posts threats to the validity of such cross-cultural comparisons. In this study, we investigated the…
Descriptors: Test Bias, International Assessment, Science Tests, Test Validity
Malda, Maike; van de Vijver, Fons J. R.; Temane, Q. Michael – Intelligence, 2010
In this study, cross-cultural differences in cognitive test scores are hypothesized to depend on a test's cultural complexity (Cultural Complexity Hypothesis: CCH), here conceptualized as its content familiarity, rather than on its cognitive complexity (Spearman's Hypothesis: SH). The content familiarity of tests assessing short-term memory,…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Intelligence Tests
