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An alternative to multiple choice vocabulary tests
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This paper reports a preliminary evaluation of the Y/N technique for producing tests of vocabulary knowledge. The results obtained suggest advantages over the more traditional multiple choice format for testing vocabulary.
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“The complications associated with multiple-choice tests as accurate measures of word knowledge are legion and well documented elsewhere (e.g., Anderson and Freebody, 1981; Meara and Buxton, 1987; Wesche and Paribakht, 1996; Waring, 1999).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Meara, P., & Buxton, B.
- Venue
- Language Testing
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1987-12
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 142-154
- ISSN
- 0265-5322 (ISSN-L)
- 1477-0946
- OpenAlex
- W2164318591
- Cited by
- 370
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 0.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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