被认为的考试公平性是否会影响考试准备? -- 一个Duolingo英语测试的案例研究
1English Department, College of Humanities and Foreign Languages, China Jiliang University, China.
Heliyon
|December 17, 2024
概括
在Duolingo英语测试 (DET) 中,对公平的看法显著影响了考生如何准备. 了解这种联系是改善语言测试和教育策略的关键.
科学领域:
- 语言测试和评估语言测试和评估.
- 教育心理学教育心理学
- 心理测量 心理测量 心理测量
背景情况:
- 杜奥林戈英语测试 (DET) 是一种广泛使用的语言能力评估.
- 考试准备是成功参加语言考试的关键组成部分.
- 之前的研究强调了在标准化测试中感知公平的重要性 (Yao, 2023).
研究的目的:
- 调查Duolingo英语测试对测试准备策略的公平性影响.
- 检查公平感知与各种测试准备实践之间的关系.
- 为促进对语言测试公平性的理论和实际理解做出贡献.
主要方法:
- 一个基于Kunnan等人的概念模型. " (2004年) 测试公平性框架"的制定.
- 从1012名中国考生收集了数据,使用经过验证的DET公平性和准备问卷.
- 统计分析包括使用SPSS和AMOS的探索因素分析 (EFA) 和确认因素分析/结构方程建模 (CFA/SEM).
主要成果:
- 考生使用各种各样的准备策略.
- 试验准备策略的八个关键因素:信息搜索,群众实践,技能培训,社会策略,自我评估,与测试相关的设置,情感策略和记忆策略.
- SEM证实了测试公平性和测试准备策略之间的直接和显著的积极关系.
结论:
- 对Duolingo英语测试的公平感受直接影响考生使用的策略.
- 这一发现强调了确保和传达测试公平性的重要性,以优化准备工作.
- 该研究为语言测试开发人员,教育工作者和学习者提供了宝贵的见解.
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