نوسان در نمرات آزمون های چهار گزینه ای دستور زبان: تاثیر جنسیت و نوع سوال

Subject Areas : آموزش زبان انگلیسی

محسن شیرازی زاده ¹ (English Department, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran)
غلامرضا کیانی ² (English Department, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran)

Received: 2016-02-20 Accepted : 2016-06-13 Published : 2014-11-22

Keywords: دستور زبان, آزمون دهندگان, نوسان در نمرات, نوع سوال,

Abstract :

این مطالعه به بررسی تاثیر جنسیت و نوع پرسش بر عملکرد آزمون دهندگان میپردازد. بدین منظور نمرات بخش گرامر آزمون دهندگان (تعداد = 2931) که در آزمون زبان عمومی دانشگاه تربیت مدرس شرکت کرده بودندبررسی شد. بخش دستور زبان این آزمون شامل سه نوع سوال 1) پر کردن جای خالی در جملات 2) تشخیص اشتباه و 3) پرکردن جای خالی در متن کلوز میشد. نتایج نشان داد که آزمون دهندگان عملکرد بهتری در سوالات کلوز نسبت به دو نوع دیگر سوال داشتند. همچنین آزمون دهندگان زن در نمره کل گرامر و همچنین در سوالات کلوز و سوالات پرکردن جای خالی جملات عملکرد بهتری نسبت به مردان از خود نشان دادند. علل یافته های این پژوهش و کاربردهای این یافته ها مورد بحث و بررسی قرار گرفته است. با توجه به محیط خاص این آزمون و میزان تاثیر آماری که بدست آمد نیاز است تا بافته های این پژوهش با احتیاط مورد تعمیم قرار گیرد.

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