Sara Cushing Weigle
Biographic Data
| ID | 5997724 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sara Cushing Weigle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sara Cushing |
| FAMILY NAME | Weigle |
| SIGNATURE | WEIGLE S C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgia State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5804-700X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Linguistic Dimensions of Toefl iBT Essays Compared With Successful Student Disciplinary Writing in the University
Corpus linguistics in language testing research
Different topics, different discourse
Validation of automated scores of Toefl iBT tasks against non-test indicators of writing ability
Automated scoring has the potential to dramatically reduce the time and costs associated with the assessment of complex skills such as writing, but its use must be validated against a variety of criteria for it to be accepted by test users and stakeholders. This study approaches validity by comparing human and automated scores on responses to TOEFL ® iBT Independent writing tasks with several non-test indicators of writing ability: student self-a…
Effects of Task and Rater Background on the Evaluation of ESL Student Writing
TESOL Quarterly invites readers to submit short reports and updates on their work. These summaries may address any areas of interest to Quarterly readers
Assessing Writing
Writing is one of the central skills a student must master. Why should they be tested? How should they be tested? What tasks should be used? The answers to these questions are provided by this book, which examines the theory behind the practice of assessing a student's writing abilities.
Test review
Using Facets to model rater training effects
This article describes a study conducted to explore differences in rater severity and consistency among inexperienced and experienced raters both before and after rater training. Sixteen raters (eight experienced and eight inexperienced) rated overlapping subsets of essays from a total sample of 60 essays before and after rater training in the context of an operational administration of UCLA’s English as a Second Language Placement Examination (E…
Effects of training on raters of ESL compositions
Several effects of training on composition raters have been hypothesized but not investigated empirically. This article presents an analysis of the verbal protocols of four inexperienced raters of ESL placement compositions scoring the same essays both before and after rater training. The verbal protocols show that training clarified the intended scoring criteria for raters, modified their expectations of student writing and provided a reference …
Effects of Task and Rater Background on the Evaluation of ESL Student Writing
TESOL Quarterly invites readers to submit short reports and updates on their work. These summaries may address any areas of interest to Quarterly readers
Effects of training on raters of ESL compositions
Several effects of training on composition raters have been hypothesized but not investigated empirically. This article presents an analysis of the verbal protocols of four inexperienced raters of ESL placement compositions scoring the same essays both before and after rater training. The verbal protocols show that training clarified the intended scoring criteria for raters, modified their expectations of student writing and provided a reference …
Using Facets to model rater training effects
This article describes a study conducted to explore differences in rater severity and consistency among inexperienced and experienced raters both before and after rater training. Sixteen raters (eight experienced and eight inexperienced) rated overlapping subsets of essays from a total sample of 60 essays before and after rater training in the context of an operational administration of UCLA’s English as a Second Language Placement Examination (E…
Test review
Assessing Writing
Writing is one of the central skills a student must master. Why should they be tested? How should they be tested? What tasks should be used? The answers to these questions are provided by this book, which examines the theory behind the practice of assessing a student's writing abilities.
Effects of Task and Rater Background on the Evaluation of ESL Student Writing
TESOL Quarterly invites readers to submit short reports and updates on their work. These summaries may address any areas of interest to Quarterly readers
Validation of automated scores of Toefl iBT tasks against non-test indicators of writing ability
Automated scoring has the potential to dramatically reduce the time and costs associated with the assessment of complex skills such as writing, but its use must be validated against a variety of criteria for it to be accepted by test users and stakeholders. This study approaches validity by comparing human and automated scores on responses to TOEFL ® iBT Independent writing tasks with several non-test indicators of writing ability: student self-a…
Different topics, different discourse
Corpus linguistics in language testing research
Linguistic Dimensions of Toefl iBT Essays Compared With Successful Student Disciplinary Writing in the University
Psychology (8 works) · Applied Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (3 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 works) · Inter-rater reliability (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Rating scale (3 works) · Student Assessment and Feedback (3 works)