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[Review Of Book Children, Technology And Culture: The Impacts Of Technologies In Children's Everyday Lives], Mary Christianakis Dec 2001

[Review Of Book Children, Technology And Culture: The Impacts Of Technologies In Children's Everyday Lives], Mary Christianakis

Mary Christianakis

No abstract provided.


Assessment Criteria In A Large-Scale Writing Test: What Do They Really Mean To The Raters?, Tom Lumley Dec 2001

Assessment Criteria In A Large-Scale Writing Test: What Do They Really Mean To The Raters?, Tom Lumley

Dr Tom Lumley

The process of rating written language performance is still not well understood, despite a body of work investigating this issue over the last decade or so (e.g., Cumming, 1990; Huot, 1990; Vaughan, 1991; Weigle, 1994a; Milanovic et al., 1996). The purpose of this study is to investigate the process by which raters of texts written by ESL learners make their scoring decisions using an analytic rating scale designed for multiple test forms. The context is the Special Test of English Proficiency (step), which is used by the Australian government to assist in immigration decisions. Four trained, experienced and reliable step …


Inside The Digital Divide: Fifth Graders Peer Editing With Computers, Mary Christianakis Dec 2001

Inside The Digital Divide: Fifth Graders Peer Editing With Computers, Mary Christianakis

Mary Christianakis

No abstract provided.