Test‐Taking Processes and Strategies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23724790 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pelin İrgin (0000-0001-5222-5648), Ruslan Suvorov (0000-0003-2736-5205) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 1-5 |
| Publication date | 2025-12-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal20791 |
| OpenAlex | W4416917613 |
| ISBN | 9781405198431 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
Test‐taking processes and strategies are considered to be of paramount importance for research on second language (L2) assessment. Without knowing what exactly test takers are doing while answering test items, it is not possible to make valid interpretations of their scores. In particular, understanding what test‐taking strategies and processes are used during language tests can yield valuable insights into how and why test takers arrive at correct and incorrect responses, not just whether their responses are correct. As such insights can offer important evidence of test takers' language proficiency, research on test‐taking processes and strategies is essential for test validation. The purpose of this entry is to describe the existing approaches to defining and categorizing test‐taking processes and strategies in L2 assessment. In addition, this entry summarizes the main research methods used for investigating test‐taking strategies, provides a brief account of existing studies on test‐taking strategies, and examines the key challenges related to such research. The concluding section of the entry outlines some directions for future research in this domain.
Action (physics) · Key (lock) · Process (computing) · Section (typography) · Test (biology)
| Highly cited | No |
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