An Investigation of Jordanian EFL Teachers' Procedures of Achievement Test Construction

Autor/in	Al-Shara'H, Nayel Darweesh
Titel	An Investigation of Jordanian EFL Teachers' Procedures of Achievement Test Construction
Quelle	In: Education, 133 (2013) 4, S.422-430 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1172
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Test Construction; Achievement Tests; Questionnaires; Test Interpretation; Scoring; Language Teachers; Measurement Techniques; Student Teachers; Measures (Individuals); Validity; Reliability; Likert Scales; Statistical Distributions; Jordan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Testaufbau; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Fragebogen; Test analysis; Testauswertung; Bewertung; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Messtechnik; Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Messdaten; Gültigkeit; Reliabilität; Likert-Skala; Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilung
Abstract	The study aimed at investigating Jordanian EFL teachers' self-reported frequencies of using the procedures of preparing, correcting, analyzing, interpreting an achievement test, and discussing its results with students. To achieve this, a 31-item questionnaire was used. The questionnaire was administered to 118 basic stage EFL teachers after establishing its validity and reliability. The results showed that EFL teachers claimed to always or usually practice appropriate procedures of preparing the test, discussing the results with students and evaluating and assessing short-answer tests. However, they were found to sometimes practice appropriate procedures for analyzing test results and evaluating and assessing open-ended questions. In light of the findings, it is recommended that educational institutions should pay more attention to educating teachers in test construction, especially in analyzing and interpreting test results, and in evaluating and scoring open-answer questions. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10