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Measurement Quality And Rating Scale Functioning Of A Csl Classroom Assessment Instrument, Shuai Li, Yali Feng, Ting Wen

World Languages and Cultures Faculty Publications

t is a wide practice that Chinese language instructors develop their own instruments for classroom assessment and make important pedagogical decisions (e.g., assigning grades) accordingly. However, the quality of such instruments has rarely been discussed in the literature. This chapter focuses on the measurement quality of an instructor-developed test used as a final written exam in an undergraduate Chinese language course in the U.S. The test was designed to assess the linguistic knowledge taught in the course and contained 37 binary-scored (0/1) items and 17 constructed-response items. Two four-category rating scales were developed to evaluate the constructed responses. Examinees were …

The Control, Content, And Consequences Of Edtpa: World Language Teacher Educators’ Perceptions, Susan A. Hildebrandt, Peter Swanson

World Languages and Cultures Faculty Publications

Implemented in more than 870 teacher education programs across 41 states and the District of Columbia, edTPA is marketed as a content-specific, standardized portfolio assessment of beginning teacher performance. However, concerns about edTPA and its content-specificity are pervasive. To that end, the researchers surveyed teacher educators with World Language edTPA experience (N = 88) to ascertain their perceptions of the assessment, including its impact on teacher candidates, teacher education programs, and clinical placements, as well as the resources required, support experienced, and consequences perceived as a result of its implementation. Using Cochran-Smith et al.’s (2018) framework of teacher education accountability, …

Re-Examining Teacher Candidate Performance On World Language Edtpa As A Consequential Assessment, Susan A. Hildebrandt, Peter B. Swanson

World Languages and Cultures Faculty Publications

Used by almost 800 educator preparation programs in more than 40 states and the District of Columbia, edTPA seeks to measure content-specific outcomes of beginning teachers as a high-stakes assessment. Many states also use edTPA to inform teacher licensure or certification decisions, making the assessment consequential for individual teacher candidates. The present study focuses on teacher candidates’ performance on the World Language edTPA, targeting two world language teacher education programs since the assessment became consequential for licensure in their respective states. It then compares findings to those of a previous study of the same programs’ World Language edTPA performance (Hildebrandt …

Quand L’Invisible S’Affiche Entretien Avec Fabienne Kanor: Inscrire Et Réitérer Des Identités Ouvertes, Mouvantes Et Complexes, Gladys M. Francis

World Languages and Cultures Faculty Publications

Cet article enclot un entretien entre la cinéaste martiniquaise Fabienne Kanor et Gladys M. Francis, chercheure en études francophones et culturelles. Il examine le septième art aux Antilles dans notre ère contemporaine, la politique artistique féministe de Kanor, ainsi que les enjeux qui prennent forme dans l’acte de filmer et genre et minorité sexuelle aux Antilles. Cette entrevue met également en lumière la manière dont ses productions visuelles dérogent (aux sociétés traditionnelles/phallocentriques/impérialistes) afin de provoquer une esthétique et des représentations du corps noir novatrices.

Martinican film-maker Fabienne Kanor speaks with francophone and cultural studies scholar Dr Gladys M. Francis about …

Conference Report: The 2018 Symposium On Research In Choral Singing, Patrick K. Freer

Music Faculty Publications

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The World Language Teacher Shortage: Taking A New Direction, Peter Swanson, Shannon Mason

World Languages and Cultures Faculty Publications

Since the end of World War II, international leaders have made calls addressing the world language teacher shortage. For almost 70 years, such rhetoric has been advanced, yet world language teacher shortages remain in many countries such as Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In this article, the authors discuss the past and current state of affairs of the shortage before advancing ideas for language teacher recruitment and retention to which a variety of stakeholders (e.g., parents, administrators, language teacher associations) can contribute immediately in order to address the world language teacher shortage in …

Iconic Loss: Global Civil Society And The Destruction Of Cultural Property, Michael Galchinsky

English Faculty Publications

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Measurement Quality Of An Instructor-Developed Cfl Summative Assessment Instrument: An Exploratory Pilot Study, Shuai Li

World Languages and Cultures Faculty Publications

This study examined the measurement quality of an instructor-developed classroom assessment instrument (i.e., a final written test) used to assess linguistic knowledge covered in an undergraduate elementary Chinese course at a U.S. university. Participants were 222 learners enrolled in the Chinese course from Fall 2011 to Fall 2013. Analyses were performed on a subset of 64 binary-scored (0/1) test items. The 64 items showed acceptable overall test reliability, test discrimination, and Rasch model fit. Meanwhile, insufficient number of difficult items, below-threshold discriminatory power of certain items, and existence of measurement redundancy were also found. Strategies for improving the measurement quality …

Sankofa; Or ‘Go Back And Fetch It’: Merging Genealogy And Africana Studies, Kameelah L. Martin, Elizabeth J. West

English Faculty Publications

In recent years, advancements in digitized records, online ancestry communities, and advancements in DNA testing have paved the way so that almost anyone with the knack and patience for archival research can easily follow a familial line back to the slave-owning or original purchaser of an enslaved relative.

Research-To-Resource: Initial Steps In Vocal Technique For Boys Experiencing Difficulty With Phonation During The Adolescent Voice Change, Patrick K. Freer

Music Faculty Publications

This research-to-resource article reports pedagogical implications of several types of research literature. This literature collectively focuses on boys’ adolescent development, with specific attention to psychological and sociological implications on the teaching of vocal technique during the period of voice change. From this foundation, the concept of breath control is identified as a relatively stable process during adolescence, providing teachers and their students a beginning point for conversations about the developing voice and explorations of rudimentary vocal technique. This article describes a step-by-step process for approaching these pedagogical conversations and singing explorations.

Comparison Of Printed Concert Programs At Acda, Asta, And Midwest Clinic National Conferences, Patrick K. Freer

Music Faculty Publications

This short-form manuscript reports a content analysis of all ensemble concert programs distributed at the 2015 national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, the American String Teachers Association, and the Midwest Clinic. The purpose was to address perceptions that print and design expectations for the concert programs were elaborate and, therefore, beyond the means of schools and organizations with limited financial resources. Programs were analyzed for characteristics such as overall dimensions, number of pages, use of color and photography, letters of administrative or political support, and design intensity. Analysis revealed substantial differences between the aggregate concert programs by conference, …

On Large Ensembles: A Cross-Cultural Content Analysis Of English And Chinese-Language Articles, Patrick K. Freer, Leonard Tan

Music Faculty Publications

This article reports a cross-cultural analysis of journal articles pertaining to large ensembles published in English and Chinese languages from 2007–17. Topics addressed in the articles included issues of equity and access, the value of large ensembles in young people’s lives and to the field of music education, the development of large ensemble music education in Asia, and implications for the field of conductor-teacher preparation. Three conceptually distinct but interrelated themes emerged: power, participation, and pedagogy. “Power” refers to the authority, command, and influence commonly associated with conductors. “Participation” refers to issues of access, recruitment, retention, attrition, and other sociological …

Review Of The Flesh Of History Across Borders And Boundaries, By Fabienne Kanor, Gladys M. Francis

World Languages and Cultures Faculty Publications

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Case Départ: Slavery In Martinique Through The Lens Of Comedy, Gladys M. Francis

World Languages and Cultures Faculty Publications

Bearing in mind the limited number of French films on slavery that have been produced in the past decades, there is no overstatement in arguing that French filmmakers have a tendency to circumvent subjects related to slavery and colonization. Though factors underlying this trend are manifold, they nonetheless commonly involve a significant ambivalence on slavery as seen in mainstream print capitalism, history books, schoolbooks, or official discourses concerned with the construction, propaganda, or representation of the French Nation. These inconsistencies and contradictions do not, however, reflect the extensive dealings of France in the slave trade, during a period that spans …

Developing A Test Of L2 Chinese Pragmatic Comprehension Ability, Shuai Li

World Languages and Cultures Faculty Publications

Background: This study aims to develop a test for assessing pragmatic comprehension ability in Chinese as a second language (L2). Following the framework of an argument-based approach to test validation, this study attempts to obtain backing for the Evaluation and Explanation inferences.

Methods: Test items were developed based on two sources of authentic language use (i.e., field notes and a corpus of natural language use). Following a series of piloting, 107 examinees of L2 Chinese completed the test (k = 39) in the main study. Among them, nine examinees had retrospective interviews that probed the knowledge, strategies and …

"Going Steady?": Documenting The History Of Dating In American Culture, 1940-1990, Jill E. Anderson

University Library Faculty Publications

“‘Going Steady?’: Documenting the History of Dating in American Culture, 1940-1990” is a one-credit, pass/no-credit freshman seminar taught for Georgia State University’s Honors College. This course has grown out of my current research on post-World War II girls' cultural and intellectual history and out of my work as Georgia State University's History, African-American Studies, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Librarian. "Going Steady?" is designed to teach basic primary-source searching and interpretive skills and to familiarize students with primary sources available to them as Georgia State University students. Centering on a broad and engaging topic, the course offers a general …

Funding The Montgomery Bus Boycott: How The Atlanta Life Insurance Company Contributed, Hannah G. Mitchell Ms

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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The Impact Of Atlanta Life Insurance Company On The Atlanta Student Movement, Jarrett Faber, Aliyah Mckie, Aliyah Winfrey

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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The Atlanta Life Insurance Company - Funding Change, Aaron J. Richards, Evans Okonkwo, Antoinette Charles, Tanya Panwala

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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“A Lion Fell”: Relations Recast And Visions Of Hercules In A Midsummer Night’S Dream, Sam Mccracken

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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A Personal Study On Music Performance Anxiety, Kate Schwarz

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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Atlanta Life Insurance Company: Advancing Civil Rights With Sclc & Sncc, Taylor Kahl, Madiha Charania, Joseph Akinoso

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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The Unacknowledged Works Of The Southern Christian Leadership Conference/Women’S Organizational Movement For Equality Now, Soumi Saha, Mary Onyinyechukwu Egbunike, Ta’Keirra Butts

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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In Every Field A Fiddle: Historical Performance Practice In Irish Fiddle, Cole Hankins

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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Report-Talk And The Alienation Of Women In Dungeons & Dragons, Alexandra Chace

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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"Horse," A Composition For Solo Snare Drum And Live Electronics, Zachary Benator

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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Una Traducción Dúctil: El Beso De La Mujer Araña Y Los Códigos Artificiales, Sam Mccracken

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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Connections Between The Niagara Movement, The N.A.A.C.P., And Alonzo Herndon’S Atlanta Life Insurance Company For The Purpose Of The Long Civil Rights Movement, Andrea Desantis

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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Typology And Analysis Of Ceramic Vessels And Pottery Shards Found At The Long Swamp Site: Lamar And Mary Folwer Holcomb Collection, Maxwell Mackenzie

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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From The Series... Lupita, #50., Ignacio Rivera

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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