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English as a Second Language Reading Strategies:: A Confirmatory Approach to Differential Item Functioning - Couverture souple

Abbott, Marilyn

 
9783639102758: English as a Second Language Reading Strategies:: A Confirmatory Approach to Differential Item Functioning
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3639102754 ISBN 13 : 9783639102758
Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008

Synopsis

The study described in this text was undertaken to test the hypothesis that reading comprehension items, which elicit specific bottom-up and top-down strategies, favour certain linguistic/cultural groups. Although a variety of statistical methods have been developed for flagging test items that function differentially for equal ability examinees from different ethnic, linguistic, or gender groups, the standard differential item functioning (DIF) detection procedures have not been very useful in explaining why DIF occurs. To address this problem, a confirmatory approach to DIF was used to determine whether groups of reading test items, classified according to a bottom-up, top-down reading strategy framework, functioned differentially for equal ability Arabic and Mandarin ESL learners. Analyses revealed systematic group differences in two of the bottom-up and three of the top-down reading strategy categories. These results demonstrate the utility of employing a theoretical framework for interpreting group differences on a reading test that can be used to assist ESL reading researchers, test developers, and instructors in the development of technically sound reading assessments.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The study described in this text was undertaken to test the hypothesis that reading comprehension items, which elicit specific bottom-up and top-down strategies, favour certain linguistic/cultural groups. Although a variety of statistical methods have been developed for flagging test items that function differentially for equal ability examinees from different ethnic, linguistic, or gender groups, the standard differential item functioning (DIF) detection procedures have not been very useful in explaining why DIF occurs. To address this problem, a confirmatory approach to DIF was used to determine whether groups of reading test items, classified according to a bottom-up, top-down reading strategy framework, functioned differentially for equal ability Arabic and Mandarin ESL learners. Analyses revealed systematic group differences in two of the bottom-up and three of the top-down reading strategy categories. These results demonstrate the utility of employing a theoretical framework for interpreting group differences on a reading test that can be used to assist ESL reading researchers, test developers, and instructors in the development of technically sound reading assessments.

Biographie de l'auteur

Marilyn earned her doctorate in Measurement, Evaluation, and Cognition in Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta in 2005. She also holds an MEd in Teaching English as a Second Language, and a BEd in Secondary Education. Currently, Marilyn is an Assistant Professor in Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta.

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Éditeur
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639102754
ISBN 13 
9783639102758
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
128
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Personne responsable
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