This paper discusses issues related to the potential adoption of inquiry-based learning (IBL) projects in mathematics in the United States. To explain the challenges faced in making a place for IBL in the mathematics curriculum, we describe the historical demands of working with a diverse, highly distributed educational system (that is, a system that does not have a central educational decision...

Background: Testing and teaching are interrelated in education process; using various kinds of tests, teachers are able to anticipate the strong and weak points of learning in students, their progress and their accomplishment. The influence of test on teaching and learning is commonly referred to as washback. Testing washback is a twisted concept that becomes even more complex under a various i...

This survey research was conducted to assess Thai regional college students' readiness for taking high-stakes computer-based English tests, which are offered more widely and regularly in the country. The data were collected from 572 university students five regions. questionnaire solicited their opinion regarding terms of computer skills language skills. included online registration, using a mo...

This review paper aims to provide an overview of vocabulary in English language learning, teaching, and testing Vietnam. First, we studies on the knowledge Vietnamese EFL learners. Recent research evaluating different aspects shows that learners generally have limited both single words formulaic language. Next, discuss contemporary approaches teaching Vietnam reveal current issues relevant reco...

This paper investigates the comparability of test scores recorded for high-stakes English language Speaking Tests administered face-to-face in either a traditional centre-based mode (TM) or an online proctored (OLP). The data comprise large sample takers taking at four CEFR (the 'Common European Framework Reference Languages') levels – B1 to C2 via TM OLP. were analysed using descriptive statis...

Theories of decision under risk that assume decreasing marginal utility of money have been critiqued with concavity calibration arguments. Since that critique uses varying payoffs and fixed probabilities, it cannot have implications for calibration of nonlinear probability transformation, which is another way to model risk aversion. The concavity calibration critique also has no implication for...

Author(s): Clea Wright Whelan ; Graham Wagstaff ; Jacqueline M Wheatcroft Title: High stakes lies: Police and non-police accuracy in detecting deception Date: 2015. Appeared online 26 June 2014 Originally published in: Psychology, Crime and Law Example citation: Wright Whelan, C., Wagstaff, G., & Wheatcroft, J. M. (2015). High stakes lies: Police and non-police accuracy in detecting deception. ...