The Chinese as second language multidimensional computerized adaptive testing system construction
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Date
2011-01-01
Authors
Hsuan-Po Wang
Bor-Chen Kuo
Rih-Chang Chao
Ya-Hsun Tsai
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NAUN
Abstract
With rising demand of Chinese as Second
Language (CSL) learning, Chinese Proficiency Test became
more and more popular recently. There are several major
proficiency tests with paper-pencil (P&P) formats for Chinese
learners including Taiwan's test of proficiency-Huayu
(TOP-Huayu), the mainland's Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK),
and America's Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT). In this study,
Common European Framework Reference (CEFR) is applied and
CSL Proficiency Index is used as guidelines to develop a
multidimensional computerized adaptive testing (MCAT) system
for enhancing the CSL proficiency test. This research collected
empirical data via the computerized based test (CBT) followed
by developing and conducting a simulation study on a MCAT
system. The proposed system provides a framework of using item
response theory (IRT) as the ability scoring method and applies to
the process as a MCAT. In addition, this research will also go
through the evaluation of the effectiveness of the process on
MCAT system. There were 658 empirical data collected from
Grace Christian Collage in Philippine on September 2009. At the
end of this research the result indicated that recommend CSL
MCAT System applied MAP as the ability estimation method for
this MCAT System. The interface of the MCAT system is also
present at this research.