The inconsistencies at the foundation of construct validation theory

1983 ◽  
Vol 1983 (19) ◽  
pp. 53-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen P. Norris
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validation ◽  
Validation Theory

Research agenda: Priorities for future research in second language assessment

2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 234-249
Author(s):  
Stephen Stoynoff
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Construct Validation ◽  
Language Assessment ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Validation Theory ◽  
Assessment Research

In a recent state-of-the-art (SoA) article (Stoynoff 2009), I reviewed some of the trends in language assessment research and considered them in light of validation activities associated with four widely used international measures of L2 English ability. This Thinking Allowed article presents an opportunity to revisit the four broad areas of L2 assessment research (conceptualizations of the L2 construct, validation theory and practice, the application of technology to language assessment, and the consequences of assessment) discussed in the previous SoA and to propose tasks I believe will promote further advances in L2 assessment. Of course, the research tasks I suggest represent a personal stance and readers are encouraged to consider additional perspectives, including those expressed by Bachman (2000), Chalhoub-Deville & Deville (2005), McNamara & Roever (2006), Shaw & Weir (2007), and Stansfield (2008). Moreover, readers will find useful descriptions of current research approaches to investigating L2 assessments in Lumley & Brown (2005), Weir (2005a), Chapelle, Enright & Jamieson (2008), Lazaraton (2008), and Xi (2008).

scholarly journals On the value of homogeneous constructs for construct validation, theory testing, and the description of psychopathology.

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 272-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory T. Smith ◽  
Denis M. McCarthy ◽  
Tamika C. B. Zapolski
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validation ◽  
Theory Testing ◽  
Validation Theory

scholarly journals Construct Validation Theory Applied to the Study of Personality Dysfunction

2012 ◽  
Vol 80 (6) ◽  
pp. 1507-1531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamika C. B. Zapolski ◽  
Leila Guller ◽  
Gregory T. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validation ◽  
Personality Dysfunction ◽  
Validation Theory

The „ELITE“: Construct validation of a new training system for NOTES

Endoscopy ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (09) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Gillen ◽  
A Meining ◽  
A Schneider ◽  
A Fiolka ◽  
S von Delius ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validation ◽  
Training System
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