对全国大学英语竞赛中IQ测试题的分析与思考

Analysis on IQ Test in National College English Contest

以华中农业大学2010年非英语专业本科生全国大学英语竞赛题C类初赛考试成绩为例,利用t检验和列联表分析以及访谈法,讨论和分析了英语竞赛中的IQ测试题的难度、区分度问题,以及学生IQ测试得分与学生竞赛得分的相关性、学生IQ测试与学生阅读得分的相关性。结果表明:大学英语竞赛题的难度较大,区分度低;学生智力测试题成绩与总成绩无关,与阅读成绩无关。提出了进一步改进IQ测试题设计的建议:题型设计规范化;测试内容多元化;测试理念创新化。

Based on the scores of undergraduates in Huazhong Agricultural University in the preliminary national english contest for non-english majors in 2010, this paper analyzes the difficulty and discriminability in the IQ test of national english contest, the correlation between students IQ test scores and their total scores, between students＇ IQ test scores and reading comprehension scores by using the statistical descriptive method,T-test, the contingency table analysis as well as the interview. The result shows that there is some deficiency in difficulty and discriminability of the IQ test： students＇ IQ test scores are irrelevant to their total scores and reading comprehension scores. IQ test is deficient in standardization and diversity. This paper finally proposes some suggestions on how to standardize, diversify and innovatize the IQ test in national english contest for non-english majors.