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How do word-related variables and proficiency influence young learners’ contextual L2 word learning? Ghent University
Lexical proficiency entails many layers of knowledge and a distinction is often made between the breadth and the depth of vocabulary knowledge as acquiring full knowledge of a word is a gradual process. Research has shown that looking into different characteristics of vocabulary items can help us to better understand the process of vocabulary acquisition (Crossley, Salsbury, McNamara and Jarvis, 2011). In this presentation we will discuss which ...
Young learners’ L2 English after the onset of instruction : longitudinal development of L2 proficiency and the role of individual differences Ghent University
Efficiency, usability, and outcomes of proctored next-level exams for proficiency testing in primary care education University of Antwerp KU Leuven
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected education and assessment programs and has resulted in complex planning. Therefore, we organized the proficiency test for admission to the Family Medicine program as a proctored exam. To prevent fraud, we developed a web-based supervisor app for tracking and tracing candidates’ behaviors. Objective: We aimed to assess the efficiency and usability of the proctored exam procedure and to analyze the ...
Proficiency testing for identifying underperforming students before postgraduate education: a longitudinal study KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: Efficient selection of medical students in GP training plays an important role in improving healthcare quality. The aim of this study was to collect quantitative and qualitative validity evidence of a multicomponent proficiency-test for identifying underperforming students in cognitive and non-cognitive competencies, prior to entering postgraduate GP Training. From 2016 to 2018, 894 medical GP students in four Flemish universities in ...
Executive control performance and foreign-language proficiency associated with immersion education in French-speaking Belgium Ghent University
Psychometrics of MOOCs: Measuring Learners' Proficiency KU Leuven
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) generate learners' performance data that can be used to understand learners' proficiency and to improve their efficiency. However, the approaches currently used, such as assessing the proportion of correct responses in assessments, are oversimplified and may lead to poor conclusions and decisions because they do not account for additional information on learner, content, and context. There is a need for ...
Learning English through out-of-school exposure : which levels of language proficiency are attained and which types of input are important? Ghent University
Learning English through out‐of‐school exposure : how do word‐related variables and proficiency influence receptive vocabulary learning? Ghent University
Psychometrics of MOOCs: How to measure proficiency? KU Leuven
The popularity of online courses with open access and unlimited learner participation (MOOCs) has been growing intensively. Certificates of MOOC completion are becoming a significant element in learners' portfolios as well as an additional source of academic credits. That is why learners, professors, universities, and employers have an interest in accurate measures of learners' proficiency in MOOCs. Existing psychometric approaches do not serve ...