Fundamental Considerations for a Writing Test Construction

Information Technology and Collaborative Writing: fundamental pedagogy and theoretical considerations

This article considers how teachers working across three countries can create a collaborative writing environment in their classrooms. It reports on the first phase of a research programme conducted by university lecturers in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada, investigating ways of developing teachers’ expertise in the linking of information technology (IT) and pedagogy. It examines writ...

construction and validation of a computerized adaptive translation test (a receptive based study)

آزمون انطباقی رایانه ای (cat) روشی نوین برای سنجش سطح علمی دانش آموزان می باشد. در حقیقت آزمون های رایانه ای با سرعت بالایی به سمت و سوی جایگزین عملی برای آزمون های کاغذی می روند (کینگزبری، هاوسر، 1993). مقاله حاضر به دنبال آزمون انطباقی رایانه ای برای ترجمه می باشد. بدین منظور دو پرسشنامه مشتمل بر 55 تست ترجمه میان 102 آزمودنی و 10 مدرس زبان انگلیسی پخش گردید. پرسشنامه اول میان 102 دانشجوی س...

Integrating Standards: Considerations for Language and Writing

POLYGON - A New Fundamental Movement Skills Test for 8 Year Old Children: Construction and Validation.

Inadequately adopted fundamental movement skills (FMS) in early childhood may have a negative impact on the motor performance in later life (Gallahue and Ozmun, 2005). The need for an efficient FMS testing in Physical Education was recognized. The aim of this paper was to construct and validate a new FMS test for 8 year old children. Ninety-five 8 year old children were used for the testing. A ...

Fundamental architectural considerations for network processors

Network processors (NPs) are programmable devices with special architectural features that are optimized to perform packet-processing functions. They have emerged to cope with the ever-changing networking applications that are becoming increasingly complex. NPs are expected to become the silicon core of network equipments that require a high degree of flexibility to support evolving network ser...