初中英语考试试题库建设

论文摘要

题库对教育测试的发展产生了非常大的影响,它促进了大规模、标准化、科学化的考试。本研究以经典测试理论为建库模型,旨在建设呈贡县初中英语考试试题库,选取了呈贡县三所学校308名学生作为被试样本,对40套题(含2,400小题)进行了预测。测试实验研究以日常测试的形式组织进行,按照预先设计的一整套实验步骤、方法采用了多种实验工具。研究结果表明40套测试题的信度系数都是可以接受的,其平均难度值是0.5,非常理想。从理论和实践的角度来说,本研究中难度值在0.1至0.9之间,区分度值在0.2以上的题项都能满足题库的标准。因此,总计2,323个达到要求的题项和它们的相关参数被储存在题库中以备将来使用。在研究结果的基础上,可以发现:来自三所学校的不同被试群体的题项难度系数有显著性的差异,主要是由于他们特定的特征所决定,如:地理位置差异、受教育背景、学业水平、语言学习经历和其它因素。本研究为基层英语教学建设题库探索出了一条简便的路径。

论文目录

• Introduction
• Chapter One Literature Review
• Ⅰ.1 Categories of language tests
• Ⅰ.1.1 Achievement tests
• Ⅰ.1.2 Subjective and objective tests
• Ⅰ.1.3 Pretest
• Ⅰ.2 Characteristics of language tests
• Ⅰ.2.1 Validity
• Ⅰ.2.2 Reliability
• Ⅰ.3 Characteristics of test items
• Ⅰ.3.1 Classical Test Theory
• Ⅰ.3.2 Classical Item Analysis
• Ⅰ.3.3 Facility value
• Ⅰ.3.4 Discrimination
• Ⅰ.4 Item bank
• Ⅰ.4.1 Item bank
• Ⅰ.4.2 Development of item bank
• Chapter Two Research Methodology
• Ⅱ.1 Research questions
• Ⅱ.2 Participants
• Ⅱ2.1 Sample
• Ⅱ.2.2 A panel and its training
• II.2.3 The researcher
• Ⅱ.3 Materials
• Ⅱ.3.1 Materials
• Ⅱ.3.2 The review and refining materials
• Ⅱ.4 Instruments
• Ⅱ.4.1 Specification
• Ⅱ.4.2 Scoring criterion
• Ⅱ.4.3 Computer software and calculator used
• Ⅱ.4.4 Item Analysis Sheets used for data collecting and analyzing
• Ⅱ.4.5 Easy Paper
• Ⅱ.5 Procedures
• Ⅱ. 5.1 Planning phase
• Ⅱ.5.2 Constructing phase
• Ⅱ.5.3 Pretesting and scoring phase
• Ⅱ.5.4 Collecting and analyzing data phase
• Ⅱ.5.5 Storing phase
• Chapter Three Results
• Ⅲ.1 Reliability estimates
• Ⅲ.2 Distributions of facility value and discrimination indices
• Ⅲ.3 Distributions of facility value in the three schools
• Ⅲ.4 Distributions of facility value in various test contents and methods
• Chapter Four Discussion
• Ⅳ.1 Factors affecting reliability
• Ⅳ.2 An analysis of characteristics of the distributions of the 2, 400 items for the 40 pretests
• Ⅳ.3 Differences of facility value of items among different samples from the three schools
• Ⅳ.4 An analysis of facility value among different methods
• Ⅳ.5 Solution
• Ⅳ.6 Limitations
• Chapter Five Conclusion
• Suggestions for further research
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Appendix Ⅰ Specification （ in Chinese ）
• Appendix Ⅱ Scoring criterion （in Chinese ）
• Appendix Ⅲ Formulae
• Appendix Ⅳ A pretest paper
• Appendix Ⅴ Item Analysis Sheet Ⅰ
• Appendix Ⅵ Item Analysis Sheet Ⅱ