Changes in Japanese EFL learners’ proficiency: An application of Latent Rank Theory.
Changes in Japanese EFL learners’ proficiency: An application of Latent Rank Theory.
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日本英语学习者熟练程度的变化：潜在等级理论的应用。
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10.1007/978-3-319-06692-9_28
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2014
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Sugino;N.;Shojima;K.;Ohba;H.;Yamakawa;K.;Shimizu;Y.;& Nakano;M.
在本研究中，作者比较了日本学习者的英语作为一门外语（EFL）在6年的正式教学结束时，根据他们的测试表现在1990年，1997年和2004年管理的全国中心测试的英语部分大学入学考试。通过使用共同主题设计使这三个测试的量表相等，可以进行直接比较。除了121名日本英语学习者参加了研究人员为等值目的准备的测试外，每年从实际参加测试的人中随机抽取10，000个案例。基于潜在等级理论（Shojima，Neural test theory：A latent rank theory for analyzing test data（DNC Research Note，08-01））对它们的测试性能进行分析。检索 http://www.rd.dnc.ac.jp/~shojima/ntt/Shojima2008RN08-01.pdf ，2008; Shojima，Neural test theory.在：K。Shigemasu，A. Okada，T. Imaizumi，& T. Hoshino（Eds.），心理测量学的新趋势。417-426，2009年。东京：大学学术出版社; Shojima，神经测试理论。在：M。Ueno & K. Shojima（Eds.），Gakushu Hyoka no Shin-choryu [New trends in evaluation of learning]，pp. 83-111，2010年。东京：Asakura Shoten）。结果表明，1990年的考生是独特的，无论是在他们的成员资格的潜在行列，并在知识的特点，高成就者。本研究的意义将在最后一节讨论。
In the present study the authors compared achievements of Japanese learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) at the end of 6 years of formal instruction based on their test performance in the English section of the National Center Tests for University Admissions administered in 1990, 1997, and 2004. Direct comparisons were made possible by equating the scales of these three tests using the common subject design. In addition to 121 Japanese EFL learners who took the tests prepared by the researchers for the equating purpose, 10,000 cases were randomly sampled from each year’s actual test-takers. Their test performance was rendered into analysis based on the Latent Rank Theory (Shojima, Neural test theory: A latent rank theory for analyzing test data (DNC Research Note, 08-01). Retrieved from http://www.rd.dnc.ac.jp/~shojima/ntt/Shojima2008RN08-01.pdf , 2008; Shojima, Neural test theory. In: K. Shigemasu, A. Okada, T. Imaizumi, & T. Hoshino (Eds.),New trends in psychometrics, pp. 417–426, 2009. Tokyo: University Academic Press; Shojima, Neural test theory. In: M. Ueno & K. Shojima (Eds.),Gakushu Hyoka no Shin-choryu [New trends in evaluation of learning], pp. 83–111, 2010. Tokyo: Asakura Shoten). The results indicate that the test-takers in 1990 are unique both in their membership to the latent ranks and in the knowledge that characterizes the high-achievers. Implication of the present study will be discussed in the last section.