Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Computerizing an English Ianguage
placement test
- Delivery of an online language test
- Type of test
- Placement test
- Research questions
- focused
on
- Is it reliable?
- Computer based test (CBT) v/s traditional
- CBT: better or worse?
- Does background affect?
- CBT v/s Traditional
- Mead and Drasgrow (1993):
"Speedness". For instance: Scrolling
could result on lower scores
- Russell and Haney (1997): Unfair to
measure writing on students used to
word processors
- Bunderson et. al (1989):
a) Achieving
equivalence is difficult.
b) Lack of familiarity
with computers = lower
scores
- Method
- Test
- Prerequisite for a course
- QM Web used
- Browser: Netscape 3.0
- Timing
- 45 minutes
- Scoring
- ANCOVA
- Conclusions
- CBT is reliable
- CBT provides more information
- Bias related to background can be
found