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The Effect of Washback on Reading Comprehension

NCT ID: NCT01642316

Last Updated: 2012-07-24

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2/PHASE3

Total Enrollment

130 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-10-31

Study Completion Date

2009-10-31

Brief Summary

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Testing and teaching are completely interrelated in education process; using various kinds of tests teachers are able to anticipate about the strong and weak points of learning in students, their progress and their accomplishment. The influence a test on teaching and learning is commonly referred to as washback. Testing washback is a twisted concept that becomes even more complex under a various interpretations of the washback phenomenon on teaching and learning. This study aimed to describe washback behaviors of students, in the low stakes testing in an ESP environment in two-fold. First, the study investigated the effects of different formative tests on Iranian medical students' English reading comprehension achievement. Secondly, the study explores the effects of washback on the students' attitudes toward English reading comprehension. The pre- and post-tests and one questionnaire were used to collect the data from Iranian medical students. Data were analyzed by paired t-test, t-test, and Mann-Whitney U test.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Reading Comprehension

Keywords

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washback, reading comprehension

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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washback

students received 8 specific related formative test for that lesson plus a pre-test and post-test, Michigan English language proficiency test

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

washback

Intervention Type OTHER

students received 8 specific related formative test for that lesson. plus a pre-test and post-test, Michigan English language proficiency test

control

students only received two tests, Michigan test of English language proficiency as pre-test and post-test.

Group Type OTHER

routin intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

students only received two tests, Michigan test of English language proficiency as pre-test and post-test.

Interventions

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washback

students received 8 specific related formative test for that lesson. plus a pre-test and post-test, Michigan English language proficiency test

Intervention Type OTHER

routin intervention

students only received two tests, Michigan test of English language proficiency as pre-test and post-test.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* nursing students
* study at mums

Exclusion Criteria

* other disciplines
* study at other universities
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

22 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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nazila zarghi

faculty member

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

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reading comprehension

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id