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Davis, Larry; Norris, John – ETS Research Report Series, 2021
The elicited imitation task (EIT), in which language learners listen to a series of spoken sentences and repeat each one verbatim, is a commonly used measure of language proficiency in second language acquisition research. The "TOEFL® Essentials"™ test includes an EIT as a holistic measure of speaking proficiency, referred to as the…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Language Proficiency, Speech Communication, Language Tests
Kankaraš, Miloš; Feron, Eva; Renbarger, Rachel – OECD Publishing, 2019
Triangulation -- a combined use of different assessment methods or sources to evaluate psychological constructs -- is still a rarely used assessment approach in spite of its potential in overcoming inherent constraints of individual assessment methods. This paper uses field test data from a new OECD Study on Social and Emotional Skills to examine…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Emotional Intelligence, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation
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Castilla-Earls, Anny; Petersen, Douglas; Spencer, Trina; Hammer, Krista – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: The purpose of this study was to describe differences in the narratives produced by 3-, 4-, and 5- year old Spanish-speaking (SS) children. Narrative productions of 104 typically developing children were collected using a story-retelling task and coded using the Index of Narrative Complexity. The results of this study indicate…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, Preschool Children, Personal Narratives, Story Telling