The production of a conventional and computer adaptive online-self marking meaning-recall levels tests

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K00792
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
• Research Institution: Momoyama Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: McLean Stuart 桃山学院大学, 経営学部, 准教授 (10624794)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): スチュワート ジェフリー 東京理科大学, 理学部第一部教養学科, 准教授 (40536306) ; 水本 篤 関西大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (80454768)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: vocabulary

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research has resulted in the production of an online Written-receptive Meaning-Recall convectional Vocabulary Levels Test, an online Spoken-receptive (Aural) Meaning-recall Test, and an online Written-receptive Meaning-Recall Computer Adaptive Vocabulary Levels Test. These tests are freely available to the public at https://vocableveltest.org/. Test responses are marked against a back of responses that are added to through feedback from test administrators on the accuracy of the automatically marked responses. After responses are marked against the bank of responses test administrators are shown which response types are marked as correct and incorrect. Test administrators are then able to override the marking of test-taker responses against the automatic marking against the bank of growing valid responses. If a test administrator overrides (disagrees with how a response has been marked) the automatic marking then this is noted and is used to improve the automatic answer bank.

Free Research Field

3205

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

The production of two (one written of aural) online receptive meaning-Recall convectional Vocabulary Levels Test, and an online Written-receptive Meaning-Recall Computer Adaptive Vocabulary Levels Test. 705 teachers have registers to use the site. Tens of thousands of students have completed tests.