Ngoni Chipere
Biographic Data
| ID | 4289229 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ngoni Chipere |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ngoni |
| FAMILY NAME | Chipere |
| SIGNATURE | CHIPERE N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the West Indies |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9795-6727 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Grade inflation online
A longitudinal quantitative study was carried out at an online campus in the Anglophone Caribbean to investigate possible linkages between grade increase and coursework-only final assessments. Linear mixed-effects modelling of the relationship between the final mark and two fixed effects, assessment type and year, revealed a 9% advantage of assessment by coursework exclusively over assessment incorporating examinations. The modelling also reveale…
Sex differences in phonological awareness and reading ability
A study was conducted to measure possible sex differences in phonological awareness and reading ability among children in early primary school. A subset of the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) was administered to 140 children in kindergarten through to second grade (mean ages five to seven years). Independent variables were sex and grade level. Dependent variables were phoneme segmentation fluency; correct letter sound f…
Lexical Diversity and Language Development
Vocabulary richness, including lexical diversity and use of rare words, has an important role in assessing proficiency, diagnosing progress and testing theory in the study of language development. Thi
Understanding Complex Sentences
Is native speaker variation in understanding complex sentences due to individual differences in working memory capacity or in syntactic competence? The answer to this question has very important conse
Variations in Native Speaker Competence
Experiments were carried out to determine if variations in adult native speaker performance arise from variations in working memory capacity (Just & Carpenter, 1992) or variations in procedural grammatical competence (Ericsson & Kintsch, 1995). Three groups of 18-year-old native speakers of English were tested on comprehension and recall of English Complex NP constructions. Two groups were ‘low academic ability’ (LAA) students and one group were …
Understanding Complex Sentences
Is native speaker variation in understanding complex sentences due to individual differences in working memory capacity or in syntactic competence? The answer to this question has very important conse
Variations in Native Speaker Competence
Experiments were carried out to determine if variations in adult native speaker performance arise from variations in working memory capacity (Just & Carpenter, 1992) or variations in procedural grammatical competence (Ericsson & Kintsch, 1995). Three groups of 18-year-old native speakers of English were tested on comprehension and recall of English Complex NP constructions. Two groups were ‘low academic ability’ (LAA) students and one group were …
Understanding Complex Sentences
Is native speaker variation in understanding complex sentences due to individual differences in working memory capacity or in syntactic competence? The answer to this question has very important conse
Lexical Diversity and Language Development
Vocabulary richness, including lexical diversity and use of rare words, has an important role in assessing proficiency, diagnosing progress and testing theory in the study of language development. Thi
Sex differences in phonological awareness and reading ability
A study was conducted to measure possible sex differences in phonological awareness and reading ability among children in early primary school. A subset of the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) was administered to 140 children in kindergarten through to second grade (mean ages five to seven years). Independent variables were sex and grade level. Dependent variables were phoneme segmentation fluency; correct letter sound f…
Grade inflation online
A longitudinal quantitative study was carried out at an online campus in the Anglophone Caribbean to investigate possible linkages between grade increase and coursework-only final assessments. Linear mixed-effects modelling of the relationship between the final mark and two fixed effects, assessment type and year, revealed a 9% advantage of assessment by coursework exclusively over assessment incorporating examinations. The modelling also reveale…
Linguistics (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Reading and Literacy Development (2 works) · Second Language Acquisition and Learning (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work) · Child Development and Digital Technology (1 work)