Assessing some effects of summer holidays on the English reading performance

Assessing some effects of summer holidays on the English reading performance

• Chan, Kin Yee The Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Lee, Yick Pang Anthony The Hong Kong Institute of Education

2008

Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS) 2008 (2008: Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan)

• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GB English Language
    • GBD Teaching Methods of Reading Comprehension & Their Outcomes, Vocabulary Teaching

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

Hong Kong teachers anecdotally refer to the setback in students' abilities over the summer holidays. Numerous studies in America reported that many students experienced learning setback when they did not engage in educational activities during the summer holidays. This project aims to apply the Rasch measurement model from data collected as part of research and development activities of the Centre for Assessment Research and Development (CARD) to develop an English reading achievement scale. The scale is derived from linked testlets, which were administered to students in eighteen primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong. These linked items will serve as the benchmark for students, and will be used to measure the growth of students in English reading achievement after periods of four months of learning, one school year of learning and the effect of the summer holidays away from school.

Paper presented at the Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS) 2008

• English

Conference Papers

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2015-10-08