本书是剑桥语言测试研究系列丛书的其中一部,由Aleidine J. Moeller,John W. Creswell & Nick Saville主编。本书全面阐述了语言测试研究中的混合研究方法(Mixed Methods Research),既有对混合研究方法和语言测评的理论探讨,也有展示混合研究方法在语言测评开发和研究中实施的案例。本书对于我国的语言测评研究人员是不可多得的研究方法参考书目。本书共分为四个部分:第一部分聚焦语言测评与混合研究方法结合时要考虑的基本因素,第二部分探讨开展混合研究方法研究的重要组成部分、主要步骤和考虑因素,第三部分展示语言测评领域采用混合研究方法的个案研究,第四部分提出混合研究方法在实际应用中的建议。
作者简介
ALEIDINE J. MOELLER,内布拉斯加大学林肯大学;JOHN W. CRESWELL,内布拉斯加大学林肯大学;NICK SAVILLE,欧洲语言测试者协会主席、剑桥大学考试委员会测试研发总监。
图书目录
Contents 导 读 范劲松 iii Acknowledgements xvii Series Editors’ note xviii Notes on contributors xxi Section 1 Language assessment and mixed methods research: Fundamental considerations and symbiosis 1 1 The confluence of language assessment and mixed methods 2 Aleidine J. Moeller 2 Managing language assessment systems and mixed methods 18 Nick Saville Section 2 Conducting mixed methods research: Key elements, steps and considerations 35 3 What is mixed methods research? 36 John W. Creswell and Yuchun Zhou 4 Mixed methods designs 54 Nick Ziegler and Le Kang 5 Drawing mixed methods procedural diagrams 92 Debra R. Miller and Carolina Bustamante 6 Writing and publishing mixed methods studies in second language 130 learning and assessment: Ten essential elements Sheri Hurlbut Section 3 Mixed methods research in language assessment: Case studies 167 7 Enhancing test validation through rigorous mixed methods components 168 Timothy C. Guetterman and Angeliki Salamoura 8 A community-based participatory approach to test development: 196 The International Legal English Certificate Ivana Vidakovi? and Martin Robinson 9 Rating scale development: A multistage exploratory sequential design 231 Evelina Galaczi and Nahal Khabbazbashi 10 The development of a new Reading task: A mixed methods approach 259 Mark Elliott and Gad S. Lim 11 Investigating the impact of international assessment: A convergent 301 parallel mixed methods approach Hanan Khalifa and Coreen Docherty Section 4 From ideas to action 332 12 Ideas to action: A framework for the design and implementation of a 333 mixed methods study Andrew Hustad and Sarah McElwee References 364