Content Validity of Test Papers: A Case of Sla
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2013
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Faculty of English Education
Abstract
This research entitled 'Content Validity of Test Papers: A Case of SLA' was carried out to measure the content validity of question papers of Second Language Acquisition at M.Ed. first year. For this purpose, the researcher used question papers of SLA administered in T.U. in the annual examination from 2066 to 2068 B.S. at M.Ed. first year as the secondary sources of data. He analyzed the question papers in terms of content coverage. The major finding of the study was that the SLA test papers during the period of three years had low content validity in terms of content coverage.
This study consists of four chapters. The first chapter deals with general background, review of the related literature, objectives and significance of the study. Similarly, the second chapter deals with methodology adopted during the period of research study which consists of the sources of data, process of data collection and limitations of the study. Likewise, the third chapter includes the analysis and interpretation of data. Finally, the fourth chapter deals with findings, recommendations and pedagogical implications of the study. In the final section of the study references and appendices are included.
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Content validity, Test papers