scholarly journals AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CONTENT VALIDITY OF A VIETNAMESE STANDARDIZED TEST OF ENGLISH PROFICIENCY (VSTEP.3-5) READING TEST

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao
Keyword(s):  
Content Validity ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Standardized Test ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Actual Performance ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Consistency Of The Test ◽  
High Consistency

This paper investigated the content validity of a Vietnamese Standardized Test of English Proficiency (VSTEP.3-5) Reading test via both qualitative and quantitative methods.  The aim of the study is to evaluate the relevance and the coverage of the content in this test compared with the description in the test specification and the actual performance of examinees. With the content analysis provided by three testing experts using Bachman and Palmer’s 1996 framework and test score analysis, the study results in a relatively high consistency of the test content with the test design framework and the test takers’ performance. These findings help confirm the content validity of the specific investigated test paper. However, a need for content review is raised from the research as some problems have been revealed from the analysis.

scholarly journals Analysis of Disaster Mitigation in Carita with Environmental Learning in Elementary School

2021 ◽  
Vol 940 (1) ◽  
pp. 012001
Author(s):  
H Rahmayanti ◽  
T E B Soesilo ◽  
D A P Sari ◽  
I Z Ichsan ◽  
E Kurniawan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Land Utilization ◽  
Environmental Learning ◽  
The Public ◽  
Tsunami Disaster ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Evacuation Route

Abstract This study analyzes the profile of Carita people in the efforts of tsunami disaster mitigation and the role of environmental learning in coping with the disaster, then analyzes the use of environmental learning. The method used is a mixed method of qualitative and quantitative methods. The quantitative method measures various community readiness levels in performing disaster mitigation, whereas the qualitative method is utilized to obtain various further information from the communities using interview technique. There were 88 randomly selected respondents participating in this research. The study results indicate a low land utilization density (below 33%). Indicators suggest a good category, namely: people evacuate when a disaster occurs (86%), rescue during a disaster (96.59%), and try to find new livelihoods (82.95%). In addition, public knowledge of disaster evacuation route is at a good level (87.50%) and there is an increase of 39.77% respondents with improved knowledge after the tsunami disaster occurred. Environmental learning, in this case, plays an important role to provide information to the public relating the efforts in disaster mitigation. The conclusion is that community’s disaster mitigation readiness still requires some improvement through various efforts, one of them is environmental learning with learning media in elementary school.

scholarly journals THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ANIMATION VIDEO TECHNOLOGY IN ARABIC LANGUAGE TEACHING ON STUDENTS OF ISLAMIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF METRO CITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Akla Akla
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Video Technology ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Technology In Teaching ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Before And After

Students' difficulties in learning come from boredom, lack of excitement, and laziness stimulated by monotonous and uninteresting learning. This research aims to analyze three things: (1) how the use of animation video technology takes place in the process of Arabic learning; (2) how the students' learning attitude performs while using animation video technology; and (3) how the effectiveness of the use of animation video technology enhances the students' Arabic language mastery. This research method uses mixed-method research by combining qualitative and quantitative methods, focusing on the data collection and data analysis process. This research's respondents are the students of State Islamic Elementary School of Metro City, Lampung totalling 70 students. The research instrument is the list of questions to gain data on the implementation of learning using the animation video technology. The test instrument to get data about the results of Arabic learning before and after using animation video technology. This study results in findings that animation video technology has created a psychological atmosphere that is fun for the children. The feeling of pleasure has developed students' positive attitude in learning. The results of the t-test show that sig (2-tailed) is equal to 0.019 < the value of α (0.05), which means that there is a significant influence on the use of animation video technology on students' Arabic langauge ability. This study concludes that animation video technology designed interestingly has overcome various difficulties of students' learning. This study recommends using animation video technology in teaching the Arabic language.  

scholarly journals A STUDY ON NATIVE-LIKE PRONUNCIATION MATTERS ENCOUNTERED BY THIRD-YEAR ENGLISH MAJORS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FOOD INDUSTRY IN HO CHI MINH CITY

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nhi Huỳnh Nguyễn
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Voice Control ◽  
English Majors ◽  
Problem Solving Strategy ◽  
Solving Strategy ◽  
The University ◽  
Writing Practice

A study of challenges with native-like pronunciation encountered by third-year English majors at HUFI based on theory, previous study results, and the situation of English learning of students specializing in English at HUFI. Pronunciation is an important part of the speech process. Pronunciation should be worked on right from the start of language instruction. Pronunciation aids in the understanding of most information transmitted when communicating with students in English when learning and practicing language skills such as listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Practice is the most important factor in achieving proficiency and fluency. The production and reception of sounds used in speech are referred to as pronunciation. This study is a hybrid of qualitative and quantitative methods. According to a 2021 survey of 50 university students, students understand the importance of English communication skills in general and English pronunciation in particular. However, this does not reflect the reality of student learning. Furthermore, empirical research shows that audiovisual tools, the use of a problem-solving strategy for improving pronunciation, and the method for improving pronunciation in a voice control system are the most effective and widely used methods for improving pronunciation.

scholarly journals Evaluating the Validity, Reliability and Authenticity of English Achievement Test for the Twelfth Grade Students of SMAN 4 Tebo, Jambi

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-138
Author(s):  
Muncar Winarti ◽  
Abdurrachman Faridi ◽  
Fahrur Rozi
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Standardized Test ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Good Test ◽  
Twelfth Grade ◽  
English Achievement

This study aims to investigate the implementation of the English achievement test for the twelfth-grade students at SMAN 4 Tebo, Jambi in the academic year 2019/2020. This study was a contenr analyis. The objects of this study were English achievement test items. It consisted of 40 multiple-choice questions and 5 essay questions. The data collection method was a document analysis checklist. In this study, the researcher analyzed the data from English achievement test for validity aspects such as content validity and construct validity, the degree of reliability, and the implementation of language authenticity criteria. The findings of this study revealed that; (1) the content validity shows 76% valid, and the construct validity shows 60% valid; (2) the reliability shows coefficient 0.281 for multiple-choice items and 0,554 for essay items, and it is reliable; (3) the results of analyzing the authenticity shows that the listening items, reading test and essay writing are authentic. However, each part has some weaknesses. Especially in the reading test, most of the passages use in reading tests failed to represent the world context even though the topics of the passages are rational and based on the real context. Nevertheless, the English teacher who constructed the English achievement test did not mention the sources from which the passages were taken. Next, the samples of the format letter, announcement, and pamphlet look unnatural view from the format and design. Moreover, the English Achievement Test for twelfth-grade students of SMAN 4 Tebo, Jambi has fulfilled the characteristics of validity, reliability, and authenticity as a good test or standardized test.

scholarly journals Egyptian small and medium sized enterprises’ battle against COVID-19 pandemic: March – July 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeinab Abbas Zaazou ◽  
Doaa Salman Abdou
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Egyptian Government ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The impact of COVID-19 outbreak freeze economic actors and hold innovative startups. This triggered the researchers to investigate the effect of the pandemic on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Egypt and how do these start-ups deal on the whole with this serious situation. Design/methodology/approach The research in hand used both qualitative and quantitative methods. It started first with semi-structured interview questions addressed to a number of participants, then a quantitative study took place, ending with conclusion and recommendations. Findings There is an agreement among all participants that entrepreneurs should always be flexible and seek for investments in innovation. However, there is a discrepancy among participants’ opinions regarding the measurements taken by the Egyptian Government post the pandemic outbreak. Research limitations/implications The field study results and the exploratory research results would have come out more accurate if it was not confined only to geographical limitation (Cairo Governorate). Practical implications The research in hand suggests that practical measurements should not only provide first aid to start-ups by alleviating the pressure caused by constrained cash flow but also consider long-term measures embedded in and supported by the wider entrepreneurial ecosystem to ensure start-ups rapid recovery and growth. Social implications SMEs attribute to social and economic change and have an impact on the local public and social services sector as a result of the business’s activities. Originality/value This study first illustrates the challenges entrepreneurs are facing because of the pandemic, then it presents how entrepreneurs are dealing with the effects of the crisis.

scholarly journals Developing a new individual earthquake resilience questionnaire: A reliability and validity test

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. e0245662
Author(s):  
Ning Jiang ◽  
Jingxia Cheng ◽  
Zhihong Ni ◽  
Yansheng Ye ◽  
Rujun Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Validity ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Individual Resilience ◽  
Variance Contribution ◽  
Earthquake Resilience ◽  
Good Individual

Earthquakes pose serious threats to the world. Good individual resilience can cope with disaster well, but there were few appropriate assessment tools. The purpose of this study was to develop a new individual earthquake resilience questionnaire and test its reliability and validity. First, we built the framework of the individual earthquake resilience questionnaire based on expert interviews. Then, we established the initial version of questionnaire and used the Delphi method and item selection to modify it by qualitative and quantitative methods. Finally, we built the final version of questionnaire (contained 4 dimensions and 17 items) and tested the reliability and validity. The Cronbach’s α values of the four dimensions were between 0.79 and 0.91, the split-half reliabilities were between 0.85 and 0.93, and the test-retest reliabilities were between 0.72 and 0.80. The item content validity indexes were between 0.87–1, and the average questionnaire content validity index was 0.94. The correlation coefficients between each item and dimension with the total questionnaire ranged from 0.79–0.90 and 0.66–0.79, respectively. We used exploratory factor analysis to identify four common factors with a cumulative variance contribution rate of 74.97%. The questionnaire is a valid and reliable tool to measure individual resilience in the context of earthquake disasters.

scholarly journals The Role of the Capstone Project in Engineering Education in the Age of Industry 4.0 -A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-84
Author(s):  
Avihai Shurin ◽  
◽  
Nitza Davidovitch ◽  
Shraga Shoval ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Pedagogical Tool ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Capstone Project ◽  
Study Results

The capstone project in many academic institutions is the high point of undergraduate studies in engineering. The transition of graduates to industry is still not optimal, and there is a disparity between the needs of industry and the actual ability of academia to meet these needs. This study examines the role of the capstone project as a pedagogical tool in the age of Industry 4.0 in the field of product development, and as a bridge between academia and industry. The study combines qualitative and quantitative methods, focusing on four stakeholders (academia, industry, students and advisors). The study is based on several sources, such as: semi-structured interviews, questionnaires, observations, and more. The study results indicate that the capstone project is important and valuable for industry and academia, as well as being perceived by students as the most important undergraduate course. Nevertheless, the results reveal that it has many gaps and shortcomings and illuminate the need for a deep perceptual and structural change. Academia should reconsider projects' length and define milestones in which independent learning is optimally enabled. The projects' contribution to academic institution reputation, should be considered when defining the project goals. Coping with the challenges and gaps found in this study, the project can also be used in order to reduce incongruities, while preparing the students in a better way for their professional role in changing environment.

scholarly journals Investigating the Content Validity of the Junior Middle School Entrance English Testing

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Rong Xie
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Test Object ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
School Entrance ◽  
Test Objective

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the content validity of the Junior Middle School Entrance English Testing. To understand the extent to which the test is consistent with the National Curriculum Standards, the qualitative and quantitative methods were implemented in this study, through the comparative analysis of the whole article’s items, and combined with the characteristic of the communicative language task to seek out whether the test content is relevant to the test objective, and to what extent it is representative. The most important thing is to find out whether the test content is suitable for the test object and to what extent. The results showed that the Junior Middle School Entrance English Test to some extent matches the syllabus, meanwhile, there are still some issues to exist. Finally, some suggestions were put forward by the author.

The Status of Livelihood Vulnerability and Its CopingCapacities of Urban Squatters in Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Nepal

Patan Pragya ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-32
Author(s):  
Chhabi Ram Baral
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Urban Poverty ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
The Status

Urban poverty is one of multidimensional issue in Nepal. Increasing immigration from the outer parts of Kathmandu due to rural poverty, unemployment and weak security of the lives and the properties are core causes pushing people into urban areas. In this context how squatter urban area people sustain their livelihoods is major concern. The objectives of the study are to find out livelihood assets and capacities squatters coping with their livelihood vulnerability in adverse situation. Both qualitative and quantitative methods are applied for data collection. It is found that squatters social security is weak, victimized by severe health problems earning is not regular with lack of physical facilities and overall livelihood is critical. This study helps to understand what the changes that have occurred in livelihood patterns and how poor people survive in urban area.

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