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Chalmers, James. "How stable is second language aptitude? Effects of second language learning and language analysis training on second language aptitude test scores." Thesis, Griffith University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/376507.

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While second language (L2) aptitude has traditionally been considered a stable individual factor in SLA, more recent research and theory has questioned this assumption (Singleton, 2017). If L2 aptitude is stable, then the implication is that this set of cognitive abilities are genetic in origin and/or limited (Skehan, 1998). On the other hand, if L2 aptitude is not stable and is sensitive to experience, then it suggests that whatever constitutes L2 aptitude can be taught to make initial L2 learning easier and faster. While more recent studies have found that the L2 learning experience itself s

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Donahue, Carla Jo. "Differences in scores derived from age-based norms versus grade-based norms on the Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement, second edition and Wechsler Individual Achievement test, second edition." [Huntington, WV : Marshall University Libraries], 2009. http://www.marshall.edu/etd/descript.asp?ref=980.

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Lee, Jia-Ying. "Second language reading topic familiarity and test score: test-taking strategies for multiple-choice comprehension questions." Diss., University of Iowa, 2011. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2737.

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The main purpose of this study was to compare the strategies used by Chinese- speaking students when confronted with familiar versus unfamiliar topics in a multiple-choice format reading comprehension test. The focus was on describing what students do when they are taking reading comprehension tests by asking students to verbalize their thoughts. The strategies were further compared with participants' level of familiarity with different reading topics and their reading scores. Twenty Chinese-speaking participants at the University of Iowa performed three tasks: a topical knowledge vocabulary a

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Antonsen, Åberg Andreas. "Development and evaluation of stress tests : Utilizing stress tests to complement the current ex-ante analysis at Second Swedish National Pension Fund." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för matematik och matematisk statistik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-134869.

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Stress tests are on a regular basis mentioned on the financial markets where some institutions have to perform it as a regulatory requirement and others have it as an optional way to complement their predictions. Stress tests are used to see how robust a financial instrument or a portfolio are in various scenarios. The challenge is to construct a stress test that is sufficiently extreme, while it is still plausible. The objective of this work is to study various stress testing methods that can be applied at Second Swedish National Pension Fund (AP2) associated with their prediction of market r

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Palmer, Hanli. "Normative indicators for grade 3 and grade 7 isiXhosa-speaking children on the Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test (Second Edition)." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/6346.

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Selecting appropriate normative data for the purpose of evaluating psychometric test scores forms an integral part of the interpretative psychological assessment process. This highlights the well-known problem of utilising measures developed in the United Kingdom (UK), or the United States (US) and accepting their norms unreservedly for the practice on local populations, which questions the tests’ validity and reliability. The current study, which aimed to collect normative indicators on the Bender Gestalt Test (Second Edition), forms part of the continuing effort to develop norms for psycholo

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Cherney, Kenneth A. "Allusion as translation problem : Portuguese versions of second Isaiah as test case." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95847.

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Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: An allusion in the source text poses a serious problem for a translator. A relevance-theoretic approach would define an “allusion” as the re-use of language from a prior text such that, by calling the prior text to mind, an implied reader is aided in his/her attempt to plausibly reconstruct the alluding author’s meaning. For this to happen, the reader’s “context” in the relevance-theoretic sense must include the source of the borrowed language. To explicate the connection for the reader, however, can thwart the pragmatic ef

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Song, Minyoung. "The effect of the notetaking format on the quality of second language test takers' notes and their performance on an academic listening test." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1566903201&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Zhao, Ksenia. "Investigating the effects of Rater's Second Language Learning Background and Familiarity with Test-Taker's First Language on Speaking Test Scores." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2017. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6256.

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Prior studies suggest that raters' familiarity with test-takers' first language (L1) can be a potential source of bias in rating speaking tests. However, there is still no consensus between researchers on how and to what extent that familiarity affects the scores. This study investigates raters' performance and focuses on not only how raters' second language (L2) proficiency level interacts with examinees' L1, but also if raters' teaching experience has any effect on the scores. Speaking samples of 58 ESL learners with L1s of Spanish (n = 30) and three Asian languages (Korean, n = 12; Chinese,

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Cakmakci, Asena. "Mental Contrasting with Implementation Intentions to Lower Test Anxiety." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2020. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/9156.

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Learning a language can induce anxiety among students. In addition, students can feel anxious when it comes to being tested on their language skills. Studies of goal attainment among health patients, students, and others have shown that self regulation through the model of Mental Contrasting with Implementation Intentions (MCII) can help participants reach their goals. In the current study, we sought to determine whether MCII could help learners better cope with anxiety when being orally examined in a second language. Specifically, we examined whether practicing MCII would lead to reductions i

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Popper, Eva Marie. "Reliability of a four second eccentric squat test and its relationship to SSC performance." Virtual Press, 2001. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1244866.

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A four second eccentric squat test (EST) specific to the sport of alpine skiing was developed and standardized. Eighteen men aged 21-30 with one year resistance training experience participated in this study. The reliability of the EST and various jump tests was calculated and the relationship between EST and SSC performance was examined through the correlation of jump test variables and EST performance. The EST was observed to be highly reliable (ICC 0.99). The kinematic characteristics of the EST were closely related to those of alpine skiing. The reliability of the jump test performance var

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Sadek, Shereef Aly. "A Basic Three-Dimensional Turbulent Boundary Layer Experiment To Test Second-Moment Closure Models." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29706.

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In this work, a three-dimensional turbulent boundary layer experiment was set up with alternating stream-wise and span-wise pressure gradients. The pressure gradients are generated as a result of the test section wavy side wall shape. Each side had six sine waves with a trough to peak magnitude to wavelength ratio of 0.25. Boundary layer control was used so that the flow over the side walls remains attached. The mean flow velocity components, static and total pressures were measured at six plane along the stream-wise direction. The alternating mean span-wise and stream-wise pressure gradients

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Okura, Eve Kiyomi. "A Study of the Correlation Between Working Memory and Second Language EI Test Scores." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2011. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3025.

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A principal argument against the use of elicited imitation (EI) to measure L2 oral proficiency is that performance does not require linguistic knowledge, but requires only rote memorization. This study addressed the issue by administering two tests to the same group of students studying English as a second language: (1) a working memory test, and (2) an English oral proficiency EI test. Participants came from a range of English language proficiency levels. A Pearson correlation was performed on the test results for each participant. The hypothesis was that English EI scores and working memory

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Ivanov, Ivan Prodanov. "Second language acquisition of Bulgarian object clitics: a test case for the interface hypothesis." Diss., University of Iowa, 2009. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/300.

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The primary objective of this dissertation is to expand the testing ground of the Interface Hypothesis (Sorace, 2006), which states that interface properties involving the syntax and other cognitive domains (such as discourse) may trigger residual optionality effects at the end-state. The target of investigation were Bulgarian object clitics whose syntactic and discursive properties provide a good testing ground for theoretical approaches to second language acquisition. Ten advanced and 14 intermediate L2 speakers of Bulgarian, as well as a control group of Bulgarian native speakers, participa

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Huang, Dayong. "The social and educational impact of the College English test in China." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2010. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=158812.

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This thesis examines the different uses of a large-scale and high-stakes national English test in China—the College English Test (CET), together with their social and educational impacts. The research takes a multi-method, qualitative approach to collect different sources of data. The primary data were drawn from a series of face-to-face in-depth interviews with university students, lecturers, administrators, employers, a test designer and a bookseller. Other supporting data were collected through observations, email interviews, and a variety of documentary and online sources. The data show th

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YANG, EUN CHONG. "NEGOTIATION BETWEEN EVALUATORS AND ASIAN TEST-TAKERS IN A LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY INTERVIEW." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1155613076.

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Ready, Doreen. "The stability of item parameter estimates in the context of a second language competency test." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/9721.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the feasibility of using IRT models to equate test versions of an English second language (ESL) test through the use of subsets of linking items. The test was designed to measure global comprehension at the intermediate level, of listening and reading texts and general knowledge of vocabulary, grammar and structure as measured by a cloze text. The data were subsets of listening, reading and cloze items used on two or more occasions. The procedure used was to ascertain the stability of the item parameter estimates from correlations and other descriptive

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One, Feather Monica. "Test Accommodations and Standardized Assessment for Students with Learning Disabilities who are Second Language Learners." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194234.

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Federal mandates require that all students participate in large-scale assessments. A population of students with learning disabilities and who are second language learners are emerging within the schools. The purpose of this descriptive study was to gain additional knowledge about accommodation use by determining what accommodations were provided and whether the accommodations used were related to student achievement. Information was collected on accommodation use by 6th and 7th grade students who participated in a large-scale assessment. A post hoc data analysis was conducted to investigate

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McNeal, Jeni R., William A. Sands, and Michael H. Stone. "Effects of Fatigue on Kinetic and Kinematic Variables During a 60-Second Repeated Jumps Test." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4602.

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Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a maximal repeated-jumps task on force production, muscle activation and kinematics, and to determine if changes in performance were dependent on gender. Methods: Eleven male and nine female athletes performed continuous countermovement jumps for 60 s on a force platform while muscle activation was assessed using surface electromyography. Performances were videotaped and digitized (60 Hz). Data were averaged across three jumps in 10-s intervals from the initial jump to the final 10 s of the test. Results: No interaction b

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Burke, April Maria. "Making the cut| Indiana school accountability and English learner test performance." Thesis, Purdue University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3635802.

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<p> This mixed methods study examined the responses of four administrators and three English learner (EL) teachers in a rural Indiana school corporation to the mandates of the state's accountability system. In addition, the study investigated the performance of ELs from the participating school corporation on the state's standardized test, the Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress Plus (ISTEP+). The constant comparative method was used to analyze interview data, and descriptive statistics were generated to analyze four years of student test scores. Findings indicate that school co

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Allen, Ryan A. "Utility of the Bender Gestalt-second edition in the assessment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder." Virtual Press, 2004. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1302164.

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The purpose of the study was to examine the use of the Bender Gestalt Test Second Edition (BGT-II) with children diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Previous research has examined the relationship of ADHD and visual-motor functioning based on overall developmental scores or specific "emotional indicators." Although several of these studies have examined the relationship of the previous edition of the BGT and ADHD symptoms, methodological problems, a lack of a clear theoretical rationale, and psychometric problems associated with the original edition, limit the valid

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Kley, Katharina. "Interactional competence in paired speaking tests: role of paired task and test-taker speaking ability in co-constructed discourse." Diss., University of Iowa, 2015. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1663.

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This dissertation centers on the under-researched construct of interactional competence, which refers to features of jointly constructed discourse. When applied to the testing of speaking skills in a second language, interactional competence refers to features of the discourse that the two students produce together; rather than the speaking ability or performance of each person individually. This dissertation describes the construct of interactional competence in a low-stakes, paired speaking test setting targeted at students in their second year of German instruction at the college level. The

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Schumann, Keith Daniel. "Resampling confidence regions and test procedures for second degree stochastic efficiency with respect to a function." Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4171.

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It is often desirable to compare risky investments in the context of economic decision theory. Expected utility analyses are means by which stochastic alternatives can be ranked by re-weighting the probability mass using a decision-making agentÃ¢ÂÂs utility function. By maximizing expected utility, an agent seeks to balance expected returns with the inherent risk in each investment alternative. This can be accomplished by ranking prospects based on the certainty equivalent associated with each alternative. In instances where only a small sample of observed data is available to estimate the u

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Barsalou, Froio Lydia. "Needs assessment and formative evaluation in the development of a college-level English second language placement test." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ40162.pdf.

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Gu, Lin. "At the interface between language testing and second language acquisition: communicative language ability and test-taker characteristics." Diss., University of Iowa, 2011. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/972.

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The present study investigates the nature of communicative language ability as manifested in performance on the TOEFL iBT® test, as well as the relationship between this ability with test-takers' study-abroad and learning experiences. The research interest in the nature of language ability is shared by the language testing community, whereas understanding the factors that affect language acquisition has been a focus of attention in the field of second language acquisition (Bachman & Cohen, 1998). This study utilizes a structural equation modeling approach, a hybrid of factor analysis and path

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Lindblad, Monica. "Communication Strategies in Speaking English as a Foreign Language : in the Swedish 9th grade national test setting." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för humaniora, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-10829.

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Speaking a foreign language is a major part of communicating in that language. Since LGY 69, spoken English has received the same attention in teaching as the writing of English; and in the national tests today spoken English is considered 1/5 of the test grade. However, students in many cases find it more difficult to speak English than to write it and some teachers still focus more on writing and grammar than on speaking. In this essay, I am trying to show how a group of fairly fluent students tackle the oral part of their national test and what strategies they use to overcome linguistic di

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Dunstan, Jason A. "Creating a New, Level-based Composition Placement Test at a Growing IEP." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1413992871.

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Kentmen, Cigdem. "Why do people abstain from the European Parliament elections? am empirical test of second order theory, 1979-1999 /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5976.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007.<br>The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on December 26, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.

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Kattan, Jeanne. "The construction and validation of an EAP test for second year English and nursing majors at Bethlehem University." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.304859.

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Stephens, Pamela Geiger. "The Effects of Discipline-Based Art Education upon Reading Test Scores of Suburban North Texas Second Grade Children." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1991. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc504187/.

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This study examines the effects that discipline-based art education has upon reading test scores of public school second grade children. The progress in language arts of an experimental group and a control group were followed for two six week grading cycles. The experimental group was treated with DBAE instruction for one six weeks, while the control group received only studio production exercises. Both groups received no art instruction for another six weeks. Gains between mean pre-test and post-test scores indicated a significant difference for the experimental group but not the control grou

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Zaghrini, Kristel. "THSD7A, le second auto-antigène de la glomérulonéphrite extra-membraneuse : nouveau test diagnostique et identification des épitopes immunodominants." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université Côte d'Azur (ComUE), 2019. http://theses.univ-cotedazur.fr/2019AZUR4026.

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La glomérulonéphrite extra–membraneuse (GEM) est une maladie auto–immune rénale rare et une des causes principales de syndrome néphrotique chez l'adulte. La GEM est caractérisée par une accumulation de dépôts immuns sur la membrane basale glomérulaire, ce qui entraîne des lésions podocytaires. Le devenir des patients est variable, depuis une rémission spontanée jusqu'à une insuffisance rénale terminale, avec une forte protéinurie. Récemment, le récepteur des phospholipases A2 sécrétées (PLA2R1) a été identifié comme l’autoantigène majeur pour environ 70% des patients et la thrombospondine 7A c

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Mojica, Tammy Christina. "An Examination of English Language Proficiency and Achievement Test Outcomes." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2013. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/244005.

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Educational Leadership<br>Ed.D.<br>The purpose of the study was to compare the relationship between grade eight English language proficiency as measured by the ACCESS for ELL's assessment (Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State to State for English Language Learners) and achievement test outcomes on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment, a state mandated test. The ACCESS for ELLs is an annual, large-scale English language proficiency assessment given to kindergarten through grade twelve students who have been identified as English language learners. The ACCESS assess

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Wu, Rachel Yi-Fen. "Establishing the validity of the General English Proficiency Test Reading Component through a criticial evaluation on alignment with the Common European Framework of Reference." Thesis, University of Bedfordshire, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/223000.

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The present study aimed to establish an empirical framework for test validation and comparison of level-based test batteries and to identify parameters that are useful to explicitly describe different levels of reading proficiency examinations based on a critical evaluation of alignment of the examinations with the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). The scope of the study is limited to CEFR B1 and B2 levels. This study applied Weir’s (2005) socio-cognitive validation framework to examine various aspects of the validity of different levels of the GEPT in terms of contextual paramete

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Hammill, Matthew. "Ignition delay of oxygenated fuel droplets : development of a 1 second drop tower and initial 1-g test results /." Full text available online, 2006. http://www.lib.rowan.edu/find/theses.

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Vassallo, Daniele. "A virtual coronagraphic test bench for SHARK-NIR, the second-generation high-contrast imager for the Large Binocular Telescope." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3422319.

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SHARK-NIR is the second-generation high-contrast coronagraphic imager for the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). In my Ph.D. project I have been involved in the conceptual and final design phase of the instrument. In specific, I developed a simulator in IDL language that operated as a virtual test bench to make a comparative study of several coronagraphic techniques identified as suitable candidates for implementation in the instrument. The simulator is based on physical optics propagation and adopts an end-to-end approach to generate images in presence of several sources of optical aberrations

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Stodberg, Deborah R. "DO STUDENTS WHO TAKE ESL COURSES HAVE HIGHER TEST SCORES IN ENGLISH 101? A COMPARATIVE STUDY." Marietta College / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1142301358.

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Turner, Carolyn E. (Carolyn Elizabeth) 1951. "The underlying factor structure of L2 cloze test performance in francophone, university-level students : causal modeling as an approach to construct validation." Thesis, McGill University, 1988. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=75848.

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This study investigated the underlying factor structure of second language (L2) cloze test performance as explained by a theoretical model including the following hypothetical constructs: cloze-taking ability, knowledge of language, knowledge of text content, and knowledge of contextual constraints. Eight cloze tests reflecting the posited factors were constructed and administered to 182 Francophone, university-level students. The factors were examined separately and in combination through a causal model building process. A model composed of three orthogonal factors was confirmed and accepted

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Thompson, Carrie A. "The Development and Validation of a Spanish Elicited imitation Test of Oral Language Proficiency for the Missionary Training Center." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2013. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3602.

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The Missionary Training Center (MTC), affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, needs a reliable and cost effective way to measure the oral language proficiency of missionaries learning Spanish. The MTC needed to measure incoming missionaries' Spanish language proficiency for training and classroom assignment as well as to provide exit measures of institutional progress. Oral proficiency interviews and semi-direct assessments require highly trained raters, which is costly and time-consuming. The Elicited Imitation (EI) test is a computerized, automated test that measures

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Rodgers, John Martyn Henry. "Demythologising skimming : the operationalisation, teaching and practice of skimming in a second language with special reference to the IELTS test." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2009. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10019882/.

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Despite its prominence, especially in academic reading, skimming is much under researched with very few research papers devoted to it, of which only two are L2- related. Such research as there is suggests that skimming is most likely to be effective when the text is predictable, familiar and simple (in terms of content, structure, language or any combination of these). This study considers skimming within an L2 context (specifically, skimming for the IELTS test). In particular, it investigates the specific characteristics of skimming. In addition, it considers the relationship between skim rea

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Liao, Jui-Teng. "Multiple-choice and short-answer questions in language assessment: the interplay between item format and second language reading." Diss., University of Iowa, 2018. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6178.

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Multiple-choice (MCQs) and short-answer questions (SAQs) are the most common test formats for assessing English reading proficiency. While the former provides test-takers with prescribed options, the latter requires short written responses. Test developers favor MCQs over SAQs for the following reasons: less time required for rating, high rater agreement, and wide content coverage. This mixed methods dissertation investigated the impacts of test format on reading performance, metacognitive awareness, test-completion processes, and task perceptions. Participants were eighty English as a second

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Rowles, Phillip Bruce. "Constructing a Polysemous Academic Vocabulary Extent Test Via Polytomous Rasch Model Measurement Analyses." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2015. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/363274.

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Language Arts<br>Ed.D.<br>Educational measurement research faces an unresolved dilemma: competently meeting the longstanding demand for improved vocabulary strength (depth) aspect assessments. My original contribution to knowledge in the written receptive vocabulary knowledge construct research domain is twofold. My first contribution is proposing an a priori metasynonymy awareness hypothesis based on a vocabulary strength aspect extension of O’Connor’s (1940) written receptive vocabulary acquisition developmental stage theory. My second contribution is designing and constructing a vocabulary

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Futch, Lydia A. "Use of the 15-second lateral step-up for comparison of hip function between two surgical approaches for intramedullary nailing of femur fractures." Thesis, Birmingham, Ala. : University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2007. http://www.mhsl.uab.edu/dt/2007p/futch.pdf.

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Lopato, Marisza. "The effect of body mass and body composition on mean power output in the 30 second Wingate test at five resistance settings /." Thesis, McGill University, 1989. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=59408.

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The purpose was to examine the effect of body mass and body composition on the mean power output in the 30 second Wingate cycling test at five resistance settings. Forty females (X = 22 years), were divided into four groups based on body mass and the sum of five skinfolds. The Wingate test was performed at the resistance settings of 0.075, 0.080, 0.085, 0.090, and 0.095 kp/kg body weight. A 3-way ANOVA (mass, skinfolds, resistance settings) indicated that: (1) mean power (W/kg) was similar for low and high mass groups; (2) the low sum of skinfolds group had a significantly higher (p $<$ 0.02)

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Breslin, Casey Marie Rudisill Mary E. "Effects of visual supports on the performance of the Test of Gross Motor Development (Second Edition) by children with autism spectrum disorder." Auburn, Ala, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10415/1739.

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Arcuino, Cathy Lee T. "The relationship between the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) scores and academic success of international Master's students." Thesis, Colorado State University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3565474.

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<p> The purpose of this study was to examine if the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) are related to academic success defined by final cumulative grade point average (GPA). The data sample, from three Midwestern universities, was comprised of international graduate students who graduated within 2006-2011. The total number of students records utilized were 793 (35.7% were female and 65.3% were male). </p><p> The study did not find a significant difference between TOEFL (paper-based, computer-based, and internet-based) a

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Kim, Nungsoo. "Extraction of the second-order nonlinear response from model test data in random seas and comparison of the Gaussian and non-Gaussian models." Texas A&M University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/3183.

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This study presents the results of an extraction of the 2nd-order nonlinear responses from model test data. Emphasis is given on the effects of assumptions made for the Gaussian and non-Gaussian input on the estimation of the 2nd-order response, employing the quadratic Volterra model. The effects of sea severity and data length on the estimation of response are also investigated at the same time. The data sets used in this study are surge forces on a fixed barge, a surge motion of a compliant mini TLP (Tension Leg Platform), and surge forces on a fixed and truncated column. Sea states are used

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Strebel, Halpern Carine. "An Investigation of Linguistic, Cognitive, and Affective Factors That Impact English Language Learners' Performance on a State Standardized Reading Achievement Test." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2009. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2537.

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The explicit teaching of reading comprehension strategies has been proposed as a means to better prepare secondary school-aged students for today's information-dense, fast-paced, fast-changing global society, and to improve the academic performance of struggling adolescent readers. This proposition of a direct and positive impact of reading comprehension strategies on reading achievement for all students has not been investigated with English language learners (ELLs) who, by definition, do not possess the same level of English language skills as their native-English speaking peers. This mixed-

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Korevaar, Serge. "The impact of computer interface design on Saudi students' performance on a L2 reading test." Thesis, University of Bedfordshire, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/581883.

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This study investigates the effect of testing mode on lower-level Saudi Arabian test-takers’ performance and cognitive processes when taking an L2 reading test on computer compared to its paper-based counterpart from an interface design perspective. An interface was developed and implemented into the computer-based version of the L2 reading test in this study, which was administered to 102 Saudi Arabian University students for quantitative analyses and to an additional eighteen for qualitative analyses. All participants were assessed on the same L2 reading test in two modes on two separate occ

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Dunn, Suzanna. "Validating the Vocabulary Levels Test with fourth and fifth graders to identify students at-risk in vocabulary development using a quasiexperimental single group design." Thesis, Argosy University/Seattle, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3577320.

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<p>This quasiexperimental single group design study investigated the validity of the Vocabulary Levels Test (VLT) to identify fourth and fifth grade students who are at-risk in vocabulary development. The subjects of the study were 88 fourth and fifth grade students at one elementary school in Washington State. The Group Reading Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation (GRADE), a previously validated vocabulary assessment with fourth and fifth grade students, was used to determine concurrent validity with two VLT subtests, the 2000 level and Academic Word Level. The two VLT subtests and GRADE voca

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Rathod, Anna. "Riktar sig nationella proven till alla elever? : En kvalitativ studie av några lärares upplevelser av arbetet med de nationella proven med elever som inte har svenska som modersmål." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Lärarutbildningen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-20942.

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The purpose of this study is to illustrate how some teachers in multicultural school environments reflecton and experience the educational work with national tests in the third grade for students who do not have Swedish as their native language. The research questions I have chosen to work with are: How do teachers experience working with national tests in groups of students where there are children with Swedish as a second language? How do the teachers reflect on the students linguistic preconditions relating to the national tests in these groups of students? What strategies in their teaching

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Sampson, Neil Edward. "An Extensive Reading Approach to Teaching English Second Language Reading Comprehension with the American Language Institute at the University of Toledo." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1383970960.

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