Год выпуска: 2011 Автор: Lena Simonyan Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 92 ISBN: 9783844383836
Описание
The primary aim of this study was to find out the effectiveness of task-based testing in the Armenian context. This study was an attempt to construct and validate a task-based achievement test against a traditional standardized test. Furthermore, this study aimed to make comparisons between traditional and task-based tests, by pointing a number of negative criticisms of standardized tests and exams. Afterwards, all the characteristics of the task-based testing are clearly mentioned and thoroughly described in this paper. The data for this study was collected through (1) the administration of the two tests (task-based and traditional) and (2) the scores of the MESA traditional test (Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia). The data, gathered through the total scores of each test (task-based test, traditional test designed exclusively for this study and the traditional test designed by the Ministry of Education), were analyzed with the help of SPSS program. Descriptive and...
