本書全面闡述了語言測評研究中的混合方法研究(Mixed Methods Research),既有對混合方法研究和語言測評的理論探討,也有混合方法研究在語言測評開發(fā)和研究中應(yīng)用的案例,對于我國的語言測評研究人員是不可多得的研究方法參考書目。
本書共分為四個部分:第一部分聚焦語言測評與混合方法研究結(jié)合時要考慮的基本因素,第二部分探討開展混合方法研究的重要組成部分、主要步驟和考慮因素,第三部分展示語言測評領(lǐng)域采用混合方法研究的個案研究,第四部分提出混合方法研究在實際應(yīng)用中的建議。
適讀人群 :學生,教師,一般讀者,研究者 本書系統(tǒng)性、專業(yè)性、可讀性很強,既有對混合方法研究和語言測評的理論探討,也有混合方法研究在語言測評開發(fā)和研究中應(yīng)用的案例,對于我國的語言測評研究人員是不可多得的研究方法參考書目。
ALEIDINE J. MOELLER,內(nèi)布拉斯加大學林肯大學;JOHN W. CRESWELL,內(nèi)布拉斯加大學林肯大學;NICK SAVILLE,歐洲語言測試者協(xié)會主席、劍橋大學考試委員會測試研發(fā)總監(jiān)。
Contents
導 讀 范勁松 iii
Acknowledgements xvii
Series Editors’ note xviii
Notes on contributors xxi
Section 1
Language assessment and mixed methods research:
Fundamental considerations and symbiosis 1
1 The confluence of language assessment and mixed methods 2
Aleidine J. Moeller
2 Managing language assessment systems and mixed methods 18
Nick Saville
Section 2
Conducting mixed methods research: Key elements, steps
and considerations 35
3 What is mixed methods research? 36
John W. Creswell and Yuchun Zhou
4 Mixed methods designs 54
Nick Ziegler and Le Kang
5 Drawing mixed methods procedural diagrams 92
Debra R. Miller and Carolina Bustamante
6 Writing and publishing mixed methods studies in second language 130
learning and assessment: Ten essential elements
Sheri Hurlbut
Section 3
Mixed methods research in language assessment: Case studies 167
7 Enhancing test validation through rigorous mixed methods components 168
Timothy C. Guetterman and Angeliki Salamoura
8 A community-based
participatory approach to test development: 196
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Ivana Vidakovi? and Martin Robinson
9 Rating scale development: A multistage exploratory sequential design 231
Evelina Galaczi and Nahal Khabbazbashi
10 The development of a new Reading task: A mixed methods approach 259
Mark Elliott and Gad S. Lim
11 Investigating the impact of international assessment: A convergent 301
parallel mixed methods approach
Hanan Khalifa and Coreen Docherty
Section 4
From ideas to action 332
12 Ideas to action: A framework for the design and implementation of a 333
mixed methods study
Andrew Hustad and Sarah McElwee
References 364