Validating Technological Innovation The Introduction and Implementat
This book discusses Hong Kong’s use of onscreen marking (OSM) in public examinations. Given that Hong Kong leads the way in OSM innovation, this book has arisen from a recognised need to provide a comprehensive, coherent account of the findings of various
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lidating Technological Innovation The Introduction and Implementation of Onscreen Marking in Hong Kong
Validating Technological Innovation
David Coniam • Peter Falvey
Validating Technological Innovation The Introduction and Implementation of Onscreen Marking in Hong Kong
David Coniam Department of Curriculum and Instruction The Hong Kong Institute of Education Tai Po, Hong Kong
Peter Falvey Department of Curriculum and Instruction The Hong Kong Institute of Education Tai Po, Hong Kong
ISBN 978-981-10-0432-2 ISBN 978-981-10-0434-6 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-0434-6
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Foreword
Validating Technological Innovation: The Introduction and Implementation of Onscreen Marking in Hong Kong is not only a coherent account of a series of validation studies linked to the implementation of onscreen marking (OSM) in Hong Kong, it is a book representing a 35-year research collaboration of the two authors who have in-depth knowledge about the context of the research. Mostly importantly, it is a book about the future of the field. It is challenging to predict the future in the current world of ours with many uncertainties, but I have no doubt that validation research of onscreen marking will increase, and this book will be read by many researchers for years to come. As the new millennium was getting underway, in January 2000, Lyle Bachman’s article, entitled ‘Modern language testing at the turn of the century: assuring that what we count counts’, appeared in Language Testing (Volume 17). The article is a 40-plus-page comprehensive review of language testing in the 1980s and 1990s, drawing on more than 200 published works. The personal, retrospective paper focuses on a wide range of are
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