ERIC Number: ED086003
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Publication Date: 1973-Jun-29
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Testing and Student Learning.
Rivers, Wilga M.
Test design and content and course design and content are mutually influential. In accordance with changing trends in foreign language instruction--individualized learning, independent study, small group instruction, peer teaching--testing should likewise be revamped to reinforce and inform the learning process. Tests must take into account student interests, student ability, performance objectives, preferences among various learning modalities, and willingness to devote time and effort to achieving a particular goal. Criterion referenced tests at their best would incorporate all of these features. (DD)
Descriptors: Course Content, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives, Independent Study, Individualized Instruction, Language Instruction, Learning Modalities, Learning Processes, Morphology (Languages), Pacing, Peer Teaching, Phonology, Second Language Learning, Small Group Instruction, Student Interests, Syntax, Teaching Methods, Test Construction, Testing
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Note: Paper presented at the First International Conference of the Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Dublin, Ireland, June 29, 1973