Cognitive Diagnosis Approaches to Language Assessment: An Overview

Autor/inn/en	Lee, Yong-Won; Sawaki, Yasuyo
Titel	Cognitive Diagnosis Approaches to Language Assessment: An Overview
Quelle	In: Language Assessment Quarterly, 6 (2009) 3, S.172-189 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1543-4303
Schlagwörter	Language Tests; Identification; Psychometrics; Cognitive Processes; Guidelines; Models; Testing; Comparative Analysis; Language Proficiency; Profiles; Scoring; Diagnostic Tests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Language test; Sprachtest; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Richtlinien; Analogiemodell; Testdurchführung; Testen; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Bewertung; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test
Abstract	A variety of cognitive diagnosis approaches (CDAs) have been used by researchers to extract fine-grained information about the linguistic knowledge states and skill mastery levels of test takers based on their performance on language tests. Although some of these approaches have been in use in the psychometric community for quite some time, many of these are relatively new to language testers and have not been widely researched or discussed in the field. The goal of this article is to describe how a CDA framework could be applied to language assessment. We start with a brief history and an overview of the major components of CDAs and then compare the characteristics of psychometric models for CDAs and discuss score interpretation and reporting issues. We conclude this article by outlining some of the challenges ahead and future research avenues for the application of CDAs in language assessment. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10