Lin Gu

Biographic Data

ID3862194
NAMELin Gu
GIVEN NAMESLin
FAMILY NAMEGu
SIGNATUREGU L
AFFILIATIONSEducational Testing Service
ORCID0000-0001-7283-0749
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS7
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • An Approach for Personalizing Accommodations in Digital Content Assessments for Multilingual Learners

    Open AccessAlexis Lopez, Lin Gu et al.ARTICLEETS Research Report Series2026

    In this research memorandum, we propose a practical approach for personalizing accommodations for multilingual learners in digital content assessments (e.g., mathematics, science). We begin by providing background information about multilingual learners in U.S. public schools and the accommodations commonly used in content assessments. Next, we describe our personalized approach to assigning accommodations to multilingual learners, which we belie…

  • Sustainable layered cathode with suppressed phase transition for long-life sodium-ion batteries

    Open AccessYonglin Tang, Qinghua Zhang et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2024References: 1

  • Knowledge of Chinese Pediatric Professionals Regarding Pediatric Pain Management

    Open AccessZhenzhen Li, Zhen-Zhen Li et al.ARTICLEChildren2022

    Many healthcare professionals base their perceptions of pediatric pain on their knowledge of the subject. Therefore, knowledge deficits in this area may yield negative attitudes toward pain management and add to the complexity of pain management in hospitalized children. This study evaluated the knowledge of pediatric clinicians in China regarding pediatric pain management. Adopting a cross-sectional descriptive comparative design, we surveyed pe…

  • Examining mode effects for an adapted Chinese critical thinking assessment

    Lin Gu, Guangming Ling et al.ARTICLEAssessment & Evaluation in Higher…2021

    We examine the effects of computer-based versus paper-based assessment of critical thinking skills, adapted from English (in the U.S.) to Chinese. Using data collected based on a random assignment between the two modes in multiple Chinese colleges, we investigate mode effects from multiple perspectives: mean scores, measurement precision, item functioning (i.e. item difficulty and discrimination), response behavior (i.e. test completion and item …

  • Skill levels and gains in university STEM education in China, India, Russia and the United States

    Open AccessPrashant Loyalka, Ou Lydia Liu et al.ARTICLENature Human Behaviour2021Cited by: 3References: 45

  • Author Correction

    Open AccessPrashant Loyalka, Ou Lydia Liu et al.ARTICLENature Human Behaviour2021

  • LiMnO2 cathode stabilized by interfacial orbital ordering for sustainable lithium-ion batteries

    Open AccessXiaohui Zhu, Fanqi Meng et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2020Cited by: 2References: 2

  • Thinking critically about critical thinking

    Amy Shaw, Ou Lydia Liu et al.ARTICLEStudies in Higher Education2020Cited by: 2References: 25

    Critical thinking has been identified as a crucial general skill contributing to academic and career success in the twenty-first century. With the increasing demands of the modern workplace and a global trend of accountability in higher education, educators and employers pay great attention to the development of students' critical thinking skills throughout their training. Therefore, there is an urgent need worldwide for an updated and comprehens…

  • Language ability of young English language learners

    Open AccessLin GuARTICLELanguage Testing2015

    In this study I examined the dimensionality of the latent ability underlying language use that is needed to fulfill the demands young learners face in English-medium instructional environments, where English is used as the means of instruction for teaching subject matters. Previous research on English language use by school-age children provided evidence that language proficiency for academic studies relates to, yet differs from, the language abi…

  • At the interface between language testing and second language acquisition

    Open AccessLin GuARTICLELanguage Testing2014

    This study investigated the relationship between latent components of academic English language ability and test takers’ study-abroad and classroom learning experiences through a structural equation modeling approach in the context of TOEFL iBT ® testing. Data from the TOEFL iBT public dataset were used. The results showed that test takers’ performance on the test’s four skill sections, namely listening, reading, writing, and speaking, could be a…