The application of the Rasch measurement model in rehabilitation is now well established.
Both its dichotomous and polytomous forms provide for transforming ordinal scales into …

Q methodology (Q) is a mixed-methods research methodology used to systematically
explore people's subjectivity. Despite an increasing number of theoretical and empirical …

Background The objectives of this study were to evaluate the quality‐of‐life (QoL) impact of
eye diseases (keratoconus; neovascular age‐related macular degeneration, AMD; retinal …

Background English language anxiety (ELA) is a prevalent phenomenon in language
education. It is one of the most commonly investigated non-linguistic variables in studies of …

Creative problem-solving is associated with the resolution of ill-defined tasks where the
goals, procedure, and evaluation criteria are not predetermined. Successful problem solvers …

The overarching aim of the study is to explore the extent to which test takers' performances
on monologic speaking tasks provide information about their interactional competence. This …

Self‐determination theory has been applied in various educational contexts. Language
learning researchers have used factor analysis and structural equation modeling to …

The academic section of the Vocabulary Levels Test (VLT-Ac) and the Academic Vocabulary
Test (AVT) both assess meaning-recognition knowledge of written receptive academic …

The relationship between L2 linguistic skills and the ability to use language for social
purposes is still under-explored. While previous research suggests that higher proficiency …

Scoring rubrics are known to be effective for assessing writing for both testing and classroom
teaching purposes. How raters interpret the descriptors in a rubric can significantly impact …