The Effect of Washback on Reading Comprehension

Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Status and phase: Terminated; Phase 3; Phase 2

Conditions: Reading Comprehension

Treatments: Other: routin intervention; Other: washback

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01642316

reading comprehension

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 130 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 22 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• nursing students
• study at mums

Exclusion criteria

• other disciplines
• study at other universities

Trial design

130 participants in 2 patient groups

washback

Experimental group

Description:

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

Treatment:

Other: washback

control

Other group

Description:

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

Treatment:

Other: routin intervention