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Relationships between Comprehension, Strategic Behaviours and Content-Related Aspects of Test Performances in Integrated Speaking Tasks
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Frost, Kellie; Wigglesworth, Gillian; Clothier, Josh – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2021
The use of integrated tasks to test English-speaking skills raises questions about the impact of comprehension on test score outcomes, and the impact of stimulus materials on test-taker strategic behaviours. This study analysed speaking performances and verbal report data to examine the strategies used by test takers at different levels of…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Tests
Why Do Students Choose Not to Follow All Instructions When Completing Assessment Tasks?
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Fleet, Wendy – Accounting Education, 2013
As academics we often assume that allocating marks to a task will influence student decision-making when it comes to completing that task. Marks are used by lecturers to indicate the relative importance of each of the criteria used for marking the assessment task and we expect the student to respond to the marks' allocation. This Postcard suggests…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria, Student Attitudes
Student Response to the TIMSS Test.
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Fensham, Peter J. – Research in Science Education, 1998
A sample of Australian Year-12 students (n=16) who participated in the TIMSS testing were interviewed immediately after the test about their responses to test items. Students had trouble relating TIMSS questions to generalized aspects of everyday life and to school science topics. Students seemed to place little value on performing well on the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Testing, Evaluation, Foreign Countries