完型填空测试中的不确定性研究被引量：4

Uncertainties in language testing: A case of cloze

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摘要本研究邀请了35位高三教师和96位高三学生,采用有声思维、采访、问卷和课堂观察等方法,对完型填空测试中的不确定性进行了探讨。Winmax分析结果表明,在完型填空测试的理解方面,师生表现出了相对的确定性,但在准备和完成完型填空的具体操作方面,却明显存在着不确定性,具体表现为损失厌恶(loss aversion)和一系列不确定性搜索策略的使用,如:可得性策略(availability heuristic)、小数法则(the law of small numbers)和锚定与调整策略(anchoring and adjustment)。 This study aims to find out whether uncertainties exist in the process of comprehending,preparing and taking cloze tests. By way of triangulation, methods were contrived, using think-aloud, classroom observation, interview and questionnaire to collect data. Participants were 96students and 35 teachers of English from a senior high school in Guangdong. Based on thegrounded theory, all the qualitative data were analyzed via Winmax 98. The results show thatcertainties obtained in what to be tested in cloze while uncertainties existed in how to prepareand take the test. Under uncertainty, teachers and students relied on availability heuristics andthe law of small numbers to prepare for the cloze test. Further, students employed anotherheuristic, i.e. anchoring and adjustment, to make decisions on the proper words to be chosen. Inaddition, loss aversion was found in test preparations.

作者李雪莲

机构地区井冈山大学外国语学院

出处《现代外语》 CSSCI 北大核心 2009年第1期85-93,共9页 Modern Foreign Languages

基金教育部人文社科重点研究基地基金(项目编号:05JJD740004)的资助

关键词不确定性完型填空搜索性策略扎根理论

分类号 H313 [语言文字—英语]

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