Comparability of TOEFL CBT Essay Prompts: Response-Mode Analyses.
A study was conducted to test for differences attributable to the response mode—handwriting or word processing—chosen by examinees in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Data were obtained from 83 TOEFL writing prompts adminsitered via computer-based testing between July 1998 and Aug...
| Publicado en: | Educational & Psychological Measurement Vol. 65; no. 4; pp. 577 - 596 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
August 2005
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