The Effect of Washback on Reading Comprehension

Phase 2

Terminated

• Conditions: Reading Comprehension
• Interventions: Other: routin intervention; Other: washback

• Registration Number: NCT01642316
• Lead Sponsor: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary

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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Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2008-10
• Study Start: 2008-10
• Primary Completion: 2009-10
• Study Completion: 2009-10
• Study First Submitted: 2012-07-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-07-14
• Study First Posted: 2012-07-17
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-07-23
• Last Update Posted: 2012-07-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 130

Inclusion Criteria

• nursing students
• study at mums

Exclusion Criteria

• other disciplines
• study at other universities

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
control	routin intervention	students only received two tests, Michigan test of English language proficiency as pre-test and post-test.
washback	washback	students received 8 specific related formative test for that lesson plus a pre-test and post-test, Michigan English language proficiency test

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
improving reading comprehension	up to one year	improving reading comprehension scored by Michigan Test of English Proficiency