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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Certification Test Woes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brad Wilson)
Mon Mar 31 19:32:56 2014
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From: Brad Wilson <bmacliam@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:32:24 -0400 (EDT)
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I've been teaching Irish for many years, and we have a similar graded appro=
ach to Irish certification, but it's more conversation than reading/writing=
.
I suspect that most Klingon learners are better at reading/writing than lis=
tening/speaking (or maybe I'm just reflecting my own experience). Perhaps h=
aving a parallel to (or subset of) the KLCP that focused on listening compr=
ehension and speaking. This should be somewhat "immune" to the notion of ch=
eating.
I do like the idea of acknowledging students' progress without necessarily =
subjecting them to an "official" exam.
Assigning questions randomly from a large test bank may ensure that over ma=
ny tests, there is a balance of high & low-value questions, but it doesn't =
prevent any one test from being overly skewed, which isn't really fair to t=
hat particular student. Can the questions be "weighted" so that in choosing=
them, the test still retains a difficulty consistent with the objective?
gheyIl
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9pt;"><font face=3D"Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">I suspect that most=
Klingon learners are better at reading/writing than listening/speaking (or=
maybe I'm just reflecting my own experience). </font></tt><span style=
=3D"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Perha=
ps having a parallel to (or subset of) the KLCP that focused on listening c=
omprehension and speaking. This should be somewhat "immune" to the notion o=
f cheating.</span><font face=3D"Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">
</font></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font face=3D"Tahoma, =
Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">I do like the idea of acknowledging students' p=
rogress without necessarily subjecting them to an "official" exam.</font></=
tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font face=3D"Tahoma, Verdana, =
Arial, sans-serif">Assigning questions randomly from a large test bank may =
ensure that over many tests, there is a balance of high & low-value que=
stions, but it doesn't prevent any one test from being overly skewed, which=
isn't really fair to that particular student. Can the questions be "weight=
ed" so that in choosing them, the test still retains a difficulty consisten=
t with the objective?
</font></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font face=3D"Tahoma, =
Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">gheyIl</font></tt></pre>
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