Comparing confidence-based and conventional scoring methods: The case of an English grammar class

  • سال انتشار: 1394
  • محل انتشار: فصلنامه آموزش مهارتهای زبان، دوره: 33، شماره: 4
  • کد COI اختصاصی: JR_JTLS-33-4_006
  • زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
  • تعداد مشاهده: 360
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نویسندگان

Masoomeh Salehi

Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch

Firooz Sadighi

Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch, English Department

Mohammad Sadegh Bagheri

Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch, English Department

چکیده

This study aimed at investigating the reliability, predictive validity, and self-esteem and gender bias of confidence-based scoring. This is a method of scoring in which the test takers receive a positive or negative point based on their rating of their confidence in an answer. The participants, who were ۴۹ English-major students taking their grammar course, were given ۸ multiple-choice tests during the semester. These tests were scored both conventionally and in a confidence-based manner, and the reliabilities of these two score sets were compared. Each score set was correlated with the final exam scores to compare their predictive validity. Gender and self-esteem bias of the confidence-based scores of the eight tests were also calculated. The results showed that there was no difference between the reliabilities of the two sets of scores. Confidence-based scores had better predictive validity than conventional scores, but this difference was not significant. Confidence-based scores were not biased against a specific gender and specific levels of self-esteem. The conclusion is that confidence-based scoring is as good as conventional scoring and the choice between these two scoring methods depends on the teacher’s discretion and the teaching context.

کلیدواژه ها

confidence-based assessment, summative assessment, scoring method

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