@article{ART001796104},
author={Sookyung Cho and Park, Chanho},
title={Creating Student Profiles Based on the Distractor Analysis of a Vocabulary Test},
journal={Modern English Education},
issn={1598-0782},
year={2013},
volume={14},
number={3},
pages={51-65}
TY - JOUR
AU - Sookyung Cho
AU - Park, Chanho
TI - Creating Student Profiles Based on the Distractor Analysis of a Vocabulary Test
JO - Modern English Education
PY - 2013
VL - 14
IS - 3
PB - The Modern English Education Society
SP - 51
EP - 65
SN - 1598-0782
AB - Despite some criticisms, multiple-choice (MC) tests are widely used in vocabulary tests for English language learners. It was pointed out that distractors affect examinees taking an MC-format vocabulary test. Thus, in this study the distractors of a vocabulary test were analyzed to create student profiles on the distractor categories. A 50-item MC test was administered to 2, 206 secondary school students.
Then the distractors of the test were classified into three categories: word meaning,graphemic variation/affix, and contextual. Using these categories, the data sets were constructed to analyze the examinee’s tendency of choosing distractors when they could not find the correct answer. The results reveal that the patterns to choose three distractor types closely relate to examinees’ proficiency: high proficient students are likely to choose more meaning-based distractors but less graphemic variation/affix than low proficient students. By showing the patterns of choosing distractors, a distractor analysis of a vocabulary test will inform the examinees of what to correct and improve in the future as well as what they have mastered, and thus it will contribute to creating a detailed profile for the examinees.
KW - distractor analysis;vocabulary test;multiple-choice item
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Sookyung Cho and Park, Chanho. (2013). Creating Student Profiles Based on the Distractor Analysis of a Vocabulary Test. Modern English Education, 14(3), 51-65.
Sookyung Cho and Park, Chanho. 2013, "Creating Student Profiles Based on the Distractor Analysis of a Vocabulary Test", Modern English Education, vol.14, no.3 pp.51-65.
Sookyung Cho, Park, Chanho "Creating Student Profiles Based on the Distractor Analysis of a Vocabulary Test" Modern English Education 14.3 pp.51-65 (2013) : 51.
Sookyung Cho, Park, Chanho. Creating Student Profiles Based on the Distractor Analysis of a Vocabulary Test. 2013; 14(3), 51-65.
Sookyung Cho and Park, Chanho. "Creating Student Profiles Based on the Distractor Analysis of a Vocabulary Test" Modern English Education 14, no.3 (2013) : 51-65.
Sookyung Cho; Park, Chanho. Creating Student Profiles Based on the Distractor Analysis of a Vocabulary Test. Modern English Education, 14(3), 51-65.
Sookyung Cho; Park, Chanho. Creating Student Profiles Based on the Distractor Analysis of a Vocabulary Test. Modern English Education. 2013; 14(3) 51-65.
Sookyung Cho, Park, Chanho. Creating Student Profiles Based on the Distractor Analysis of a Vocabulary Test. 2013; 14(3), 51-65.
Sookyung Cho and Park, Chanho. "Creating Student Profiles Based on the Distractor Analysis of a Vocabulary Test" Modern English Education 14, no.3 (2013) : 51-65.
