Program Evaluation In Language Education
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Author | : R. Kiely |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2005-07-26 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0230511228 |
The authors describe evaluation as a way of understanding and developing language programs: the thematic and background section sets out the decision-making, quality management, and learning functions of evaluation. Case studies illustrate the diversity of evaluation contexts, functions and approaches, documenting the ways in which evaluation processes and outcomes inform and facilitate program development, and contribute to explaining how language and teacher education programs constitute opportunities for learning. The ways in which evaluation practice can be researched and developed to maximize policy, institutional and program effectiveness is included, and a comprehensive set of resources for those commissioning, undertaking or researching language program evaluations concludes the text.
Author | : Brian K. Lynch |
Publisher | : Ernst Klett Sprachen GmbH |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Language and languages |
ISBN | : 9783125332140 |
Combines qualitative and quantitative approaches to second language program evaluation.
Author | : J. Charles Alderson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1992-02-27 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780521422697 |
"Counter Responsibility for planning language teaching programs now carries with it a strong element of accountability. Evaluation of the whole process of course design, development, and implementation is therefore a necessary area of activity for course designers, language planners, and researchers. This book brings together accounts of recent work in this increasingly important field and will be a valuable resource both for those already engaged in evaluation and for those in training. Part One presents a review of the literature, covering past developments in the wider field of educational evaluation, as well as specifically in second language education. Part Two contains a series of eight original case-studies, written by scholars involved in evaluations in widely divergent settings. The focus in each case is on how the evaluator addresses the difficulties central to each study, and the findings are also included. The final Part Three provides practical guidance for evaluators, offering suggestions about how to set up and carry out evaluations in any given setting."--Publisher's website.
Author | : John Michael Norris |
Publisher | : Language Testing and Evaluation |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Language and languages |
ISBN | : 9783631549469 |
This book explores the notion of «validity evaluation» as a means for helping educators to ensure the utility and worth of their assessment practices. With a particular focus on foreign language testing, the author challenges assessment traditions and argues for a fundamental reconceptualization of assessments and their validation in language teaching and other educational settings. Following a critical review of test validity standards and methods within educational measurement, the author then proposes a comprehensive alternative approach to validation based upon program evaluation methodology. A report of a multi-year case study completes the volume, providing in-depth analyses of how validity evaluation methods were applied by foreign language educators in meeting the assessment needs of a German program at a US university.
Author | : Rod Ellis |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 435 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1108494080 |
A comprehensive account of the research and practice of task-based language teaching.
Author | : Kathryn J. Lindholm-Leary |
Publisher | : Multilingual Matters |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781853595318 |
Dual language education is a program that combines language minority and language majority students for instruction through two languages. This book provides the conceptual background for the program and discusses major implementation issues. Research findings summarize language proficiency and achievement outcomes from 8000 students at 20 schools, along with teacher and parent attitudes.
Author | : Brian K. Lynch |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1995-11-24 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9780521481915 |
Although much has been written about the testing and evaluation of language students, few books have dealt with the much broader issue of measuring the success of language programs. Filling a critical gap in the literature of applied linguistics, Language Program Evaluation provides teachers, researchers, and administrators with a complete introduction to both qualitative and quantitative approaches to evaluating the effectiveness of their programs. Through a careful blend of theory, research, and practice, the author presents a testing model that is specifically tailored to the concerns of language education programs and which can be adapted to different contexts and updated as teaching and learning situations evolve. He proposes a shift from purely quantitative studies which consider only end-of-program achievement gains to ones that include an investigation of program process using qualitative, naturalistic methods.
Author | : David A. Payne |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 1994-03-31 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780792394266 |
Drawing upon experiences at state and local level project evaluation, and based on current research in the professional literature, Payne presents a practical, systematic, and flexible approach to educational evaluations. Evaluators at all levels -- state, local and classroom -- will find ideas useful in conducting, managing, and using evaluations. Special user targets identified are state department of education personnel and local school system administrative personnel. The volume can be used by those doing evaluation projects `in the field', or as a text for graduate courses at an introductory level. The book begins with an overview of the generic evaluation process. Chapter Two is devoted to the criteria for judging the effectiveness of evaluation practice. Chapter Three addresses the all important topic of evaluation goals and objectives. Chapters Four, Five and Six basically are concerned with the approach, framework, or design of an evaluation study. Chapter Four contains a discussion of four major philosophical frameworks or metaphors and the implications of these frameworks for conducting an evaluation. Chapters Five and Six describe predominantly quantitative and qualitative designs, respectively. Design, implementation and operational issues related to instrumentation (Chapter Seven), management and decision making (Chapter Eight), and reporting and utilization of results (Chapter Nine) are next addressed. The final chapter of the book (Chapter Ten) considers the evaluation of educational products and materials.
Author | : John Marvin Norris |
Publisher | : Natl Foreign Lg Resource Ctr |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0980045932 |
This volume reports on innovative, useful evaluation work conducted within U.S. college foreign language programs. Each case is reported by program-internal educators, who walk readers through critical steps, from identifying evaluation uses, users, and questions, to designing methods, interpreting findings, and taking actions.
Author | : Brian K. Lynch |
Publisher | : Edinburgh Textbooks in Applied |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780748615629 |
This volume examines the overlapping areas of evaluation and assessment, where 'evaluation' is defined as the systematic use of information to make decisions about language teaching programmes and 'assessment' as the systematic use of information to make decisions about individuals and their language ability. A variety of topics are covered, including paradigms and purposes, design techniques, quantitative and qualitative methods for collecting and analysing data, and ethical, social and political considerations in the conduct of evaluation and assessment. The book has two important goals: to underscore the relationships between the enterprises of evaluation and assessment, and to encourage the use of new paradigms in our approaches to these enterprises. Features:*The first treatment of assessment and evaluation in one volume*Exercises and suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter*Includes an extensive bibliography.