Do C-Tests with Different Number of Gaps Measure the Same Construct?

Baghaei, Purya

doi:10.4304/tpls.1.6.688-693

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“…Five minutes is allocated for each text, so a test with four texts would take twenty minutes, the one with five texts would take twenty five and so on. In the literature 20 to 25 gaps in each passage are suggested (Raatz & Kelein-Braley, 2002), however, Baghaei (2011aBaghaei ( , 2011b demonstrate that C-Test with smaller number of gaps work as well as 25-gap C-Tests. In C-Tests, the exact answer should be given, however in some occasions as Raatz and Kelein-Braley (2002) deduced, the alternative solution would be accepted.…”

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The C-Test: A Valid Measure to Test Second Language Proficiency?

Khoshdel-Niyat¹

2017

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The C-Test is a gap-filling test belonging to the family of the reduced redundancy tests which is used as an overall measure of general language proficiency in a second or a native language. There is no consensus on the construct underlying the C-Test and many researchers are still puzzled by what is actually activated when examinees take a C-Test. The purpose of the present study is to cast light on this issue by examining the factors that contribute to C-Test item difficulty. A number of factors were selected and entered into regression model to predict item difficulty. Linear logistic test model was also used to support the results of regression analysis. Findings showed that the selected factors only explained 12 per cent of the variance in item difficulty estimates. Implications of the study for C-Test validity and application are discussed.

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The C-Test: A Valid Measure to Test Second Language Proficiency?

Khoshdel-Niyat¹

2017

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Do C-Tests with Different Number of Gaps Measure the Same Construct?

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The C-Test: A Valid Measure to Test Second Language Proficiency?

The C-Test: A Valid Measure to Test Second Language Proficiency?

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