Using Bilingual Examinees to Evaluate the Comparability of Test Structure across Different Language Versions of a Mathematics Exam
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| contents | Using Bilingual Examinees to Evaluate the Comparability of Test Structure across Different Language Versions of a Mathematics Exam Tia Sukin Stephen G. Sireci Saw Lan Ong Psicología cross validity Bilinguals invariance dimensionality Malay- and English-language versions of a mathematics exam were analyzed for structural equivalence by administering both versions to a group of Malay-English bilingual students. The analysis and comparison of test structure was determined using both DIMTEST and weighted multidimensional scaling. The assessment was found to be unidimensional and to possess similar structure across the two language versions. Implications of this study suggest bilingual examinees can be used to evaluate the invariance of test structure across translated test forms. Future research should explore situations where bilingual examinees can be used to link different language versions of assessments for monolingual populations. 2015 artículo científico 0258-6444 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=133242591012 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1332/133242591012/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1332/133242591012/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1332/133242591012/133242591012.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1332/133242591012/movil en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=1332 Actualidades en Psicología application/pdf Universidad de Costa Rica Actualidades en Psicología (Costa Rica) Num.119 Vol.29 |
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| spellingShingle | Using Bilingual Examinees to Evaluate the Comparability of Test Structure across Different Language Versions of a Mathematics Exam Tia Sukin Psicología cross validity Bilinguals invariance dimensionality Using Bilingual Examinees to Evaluate the Comparability of Test Structure across Different Language Versions of a Mathematics Exam Tia Sukin Stephen G. Sireci Saw Lan Ong Psicología cross validity Bilinguals invariance dimensionality Malay- and English-language versions of a mathematics exam were analyzed for structural equivalence by administering both versions to a group of Malay-English bilingual students. The analysis and comparison of test structure was determined using both DIMTEST and weighted multidimensional scaling. The assessment was found to be unidimensional and to possess similar structure across the two language versions. Implications of this study suggest bilingual examinees can be used to evaluate the invariance of test structure across translated test forms. Future research should explore situations where bilingual examinees can be used to link different language versions of assessments for monolingual populations. 2015 artículo científico 0258-6444 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=133242591012 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1332/133242591012/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1332/133242591012/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1332/133242591012/133242591012.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1332/133242591012/movil en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=1332 Actualidades en Psicología application/pdf Universidad de Costa Rica Actualidades en Psicología (Costa Rica) Num.119 Vol.29 |
| title | Using Bilingual Examinees to Evaluate the Comparability of Test Structure across Different Language Versions of a Mathematics Exam |
| topic | Psicología cross validity Bilinguals invariance dimensionality |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=133242591012 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1332/133242591012/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1332/133242591012/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1332/133242591012/133242591012.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1332/133242591012/movil |