Alternative assessment approaches received considerable attention soon after a discontent with traditional, one-shot testing. These approaches, however, have been used only to improve learners’ linguistic ability despite communicative models of language which pointed that knowledge of language also involves pragmatic ability (Bachman, 1990; Bachman & Palmer, 1996). The present study tries to ex...

objective: the present study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of two therapeutic approaches, namely, cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt) and stages of change model (soc) on improving abstinence self-efficacy in adolescent addicts. methods: forty five self-referred adolescent addicts were randomly selected to take part in this study. initial assessment was made using the following quest...

This study sought to examine the relationship between the use of formative assessment strategies and the Iranian EFL teachers’ sense of self-efficacy. Moreover, this study investigated the relationships and interactions between the EFL teachers’ use of formative assessment strategies, their gender, level of experience, and sense of self-efficacy. This is a descriptive ex post facto design study...

BACKGROUND Self-assessment is recognized as a necessary skill for lifelong learning. It is widely reported to offer numerous advantages to the learner. The research evaluated the impact of students' and supervisors' self-assessment and feedback training on students' perceptions and practices of self-assessment. Moreover, it evaluated the effect of self-assessment process on students' study stra...

It is generally assumed that Self-assessment plays a profound role in autonomous language learning und accordingly leads to learner independency. It encourages learners to prospect their own language learning processes and provides them with feedback of their learning progress. Self-assessment also raises the awareness of learners’ individual needs among both students and teachers alike and wil...

This paper describes a web assisted self-assessment application with multi-language programming questions. The whole user-system interactivity, based on a client-server architecture, is carried out by means of a computer connected to the Internet with a web browser. Practical matters of authoring code questions and their implementation and use methodology are explained. These self-assessment co...