تأثير الاختبار و تصميمه: رؤى من امتحان اللغة الانكليزيّة للشهادة الثانويّة
نشر في The ELT Practitioner
بتاريخ 2018
في مجال التربية
والبحث باللغة
العربية
تحميل البحث
الملخص بالعربية
تشهد الامتحانات في النظام التعليمي في سوريا نموّاً مضطرداً مع ازدياد عدد الامتحانات التي تحدده المدارس و الكليّات سنويّاً بمقدار ثلاث أضعاف. و قد أدّى هذا التضخّم الامتحاني إلي ولادة 'testocracy' مقدّمة تحدّيات جديدة للممتحَنين و الممتحنين معاً. و من بين كل الامتحانات التي يخوضها الطلاب السوريون, يعتبر امتحان الشهادة الثانويّة الأكثر أهميّة. في هذا البحث ، نحاول تسليط الضوء على جزء واحد من هذا الامتحان ، وهو امتحان الشهادة الثانويّة للغة الإنجليزية. ضمن الخطوط العريضة للاختبار اللغوي ، استهدفنا التحقيق في إمكانية التنبؤ بأوجه معينة من تأثير الاختبار من خلال الفحص الدقيق لنموذج الاختبار بمعزل عن العوامل الأخرى في بيئة التعليم و التعلم.
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