Teachers’ test construction competencies in examination-oriented educational system: Exploring teachers’ multiple-choice test construction competence

construction and validation of the translation teacher competency test and the scale of students’ perceptions of translation teachers

the major purpose of this study was to develop the translation teacher competency test (ttct) and examine its construct and predictive validity. the present study was conducted in two phases: a qualitative phase as well as a quantitative phase. in the first phase of the study, the author attempted to find out the major areas of competency required for an academic translation teacher. the second...

Teachers' task demands, students' test expectations, and actual test content.

BACKGROUND Previous studies on instructional importance show that individual students and their teachers differ in the topics that they consider important in the context of an upcoming teacher-made test. AIMS This study aimed to examine whether such differences between students' test expectations and teachers' intended task demands can be explained by the actual test content. SAMPLES Partic...

Empowering Teachers with ICT Competencies

Educational systems around the world are under increasing pressure to use the new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to provide students the knowledge and skill they need in the 21 Century, [1]: “designing and implementing successful ICT-enabled teacher education programmes is the key to fundamental, wide-ranging educational reforms”, [1]. Starting 1993, in the University of Unive...

Teachers and Technology: Enhancing Technology Competencies for Preservice Teachers

Reinforcement on Teachers’ Morality Construction --- An Eternal Subject in Educational Development

Teachers perform the duty of imparting knowledge and educating people, and undertake the important task of cultivating socialism builders and successors and the mission to improve the quality of the nation a whole. Therefore, teachers should set an example in abiding by teachers’ professional ethics, intensifying construction of teachers’ morality, and improving level of education. This article...