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An Analysis of the Robustness of Composition Scoring Schemes.
Perkins, Kyle – 1982
Various claims have been made about the efficiency of different composition scoring schemes. This paper reports the results of a systematic analysis of the robustness of holistic scoring, analytical scoring, and an obective diagnostic test, Davidson's "Test of the Ability to Subordinate." Compositions from an advanced English as a Second…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Holistic Evaluation
Using a Facet Design to Assess the Effects of the Form, the Source, and the Frequency of Information Necessary to Answer ESL Reading Comprehension Questions.
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Perkins, Kyle; Brutten, Sheila R. – Language Learning, 1988
Analysis of the keyed responses of items in three English-as-a-Second-Language reading comprehension tests focused on the form and source of information and on the frequency with which the information appeared in the text. Analysis of the results found that these facets were differentially related to the item score at different proficiency levels.…
Descriptors: Context Clues, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Proficiency
A Regression Analysis of Direct and Indirect Measures of English as a Second Language Writing Compositions.
Perkins, Kyle – 1984
This study investigates the strength of relationships between direct measures (holistic scores for free writing samples) and indirect measures (the Test of Ability to Subordinate) of attained writing proficiency in English as a second language. Subjects were 67 undergraduate foreign language students enrolled in Basic Composition for Foreign…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Tests, Regression (Statistics)
Evidence for Unique Articulatory and Auditory Dimensions in ESL Data.
Perkins, Kyle; And Others – 1985
A study was carried on to analyze a data set in order to determine whether evidence can be found to support or refute the unitary factor hypothesis of language proficiency, which asserts that there is a single language dimension or factor underlying different language tests. The subjects were 50 advanced adult learners of English as a second…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Data Interpretation, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
The Effect of Structural Category Deletions on Information Gain in a Cloze Test.
Perkins, Kyle; German, Patricia – 1985
A study of the information gained by students in the process of taking a cloze test in English as a second language was conducted with 34 full-time undergraduate foreign students at a state university. The subjects came from a variety of native language backgrounds. A 35-item cloze test was developed in which every eighth word was deleted,…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Students, Context Clues, English (Second Language)
First and Second Language Reading Comprehension.
Perkins, Kyle; And Others – 1988
Random parallel reading comprehension tests in Japanese and English were administered to a sample of native Japanese students enrolled in intensive English instruction. The students had been placed at three different levels of English language proficiency based on an independent proficiency assessment measure. Evidence for a threshold competency…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Higher Education
A Comparison of Instructional Sensitivity Indices.
Perkins, Kyle – 1984
Instructional sensitivity indices are compared from four perspectives: (1) criterion-referenced testing; (2) classical test theory; (3) item response theory; and (4) Bayesian theory. Instructional sensitivity is defined as the tendency of a test item to vary in difficulty as a function of instruction. The instructional sensitivity of the items in…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Difficulty Level