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Investigating the order of grammar item difficulty: Using a Rasch analysis and interviews

Research Project

Project/Area Number 25370739
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Foreign language education
Research InstitutionKyoto Sangyo University

Principal Investigator

NISHITANI Atsuko  京都産業大学, 共通教育推進機構, 教授 (50367942)

Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywords英文法 / 難易度 / 多肢選択式 / ラッシュ分析 / 項目別難易度 / 授業効果 / 文法 / 多肢選択式問題 / 項目難易度
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigated the difficulty order of different grammar structures obtained from an analysis of multiple-choice items. Three grammar tests were used and over 7000 Japanese university students participated in this study. However, only one data set, which was collected from 151 freshmen was analyzed so far. The participants took two sets of tests, each of which contained 38 structures. Although the two items testing the same grammar point displayed similar Rasch difficulty estimates in my previous study, the two items of 17 structures out of 38 displayed very different difficulty estimates in this study. A questionnaire was administered concerning such items, but it seems that it was because of an order effect rather than the difficulty of items per se.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (2 results)

All 2014

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] A Rasch analysis of TOEIC Reading Items2014

    • Author(s)
      Atsuko Nishitani
    • Journal Title

      京都産業大学総合学術研究所所報

      Volume: 9 Pages: 1-15

    • NAID

      110009808893

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] A Rasch Analysis of Grammatical Difficulty: What Influences Item Difficulty?2014

    • Author(s)
      Atsuko Nishitani
    • Journal Title

      JACET Kansai Journal

      Volume: 16 Pages: 50-70

    • NAID

      110009810467

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed

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Published: 2014-07-25   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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