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Validation of the Vocabulary Size Test

Eğitimde ve Psikolojide Ölçme ve Değerlendirme Dergisi, 2022
The Vocabulary Size Test (VST) is one of the most commonly used assessment tools for measuring English vocabulary size in the field of language testing. Despite its common usage, only a limited number of validity and reliability studies have been carried out with regard to the VST. Besides, they were mostly predicated on the Rasch model.
Mustafa GÖKCAN, Derya ÇOBANOĞLU AKTAN
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Statistical Mechanical Approach to Human Language

, 2005
We use the formulation of equilibrium statistical mechanics in order to study some important characteristics of language. Using a simple expression for the Hamiltonian of a language system, which is directly implied by the Zipf law, we are able to ...
Abrams, Alkiviadis Kalampokis, Cancho, Cancho, Hatzigeorgiu, Havlin, Huttenlocher, Kosmas Kosmidis, Kosmidis, Landau, Mantegna, Mantegna, Mira, Newman, Nowak, Nowak, Nowak, Panos Argyrakis, Schulze, Schwammle, Schwammle, Tesileanu, Zipf   +22 more
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Vocabulary knowledge in relation to memory and analysis: An approximate replication of Milton's (2007) study on lexical profiles and learning style [PDF]

, 2013
This paper presents an approximate replication of Milton’s (2007) study on lexical profiles and learning style. Milton investigated the assumption that more frequent words are acquired before less frequent ones. Using a vocabulary recognition test (X-Lex)
Carroll, Hindmarsh, Kinnear, Mackey, Meara, Meara, Meara, Meara, Milton, Nation, Nation, Palmer, Paul Booth, Sjöholm, Skehan, Skehan   +15 more
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Enabling Digital Continuity in Virtual Manufacturing for Eco‐Efficiency Assessment of Lightweight Structures by Means of a Domain‐Specific Structural Mechanics Language: Requirements, Idea and Proof of Concept

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This article presents a solver‐agnostic domain‐specific language (DSL) for computational structural mechanics that strengthens interoperability in virtual product development. Using a hierarchical data model, the DSL enables seamless exchange between diverse simulation tools and numerical methods.
Martin Rädel, Andreas Schuster, Felix Schoenitz, Jean Lefèvre   +3 more
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Relationship between Vocabulary Size and Reading Comprehension Levels of Malaysian Tertiary Students [PDF]

International Journal of English Language and Translation Studies, 2018
This study investigated the relationship between vocabulary size and reading comprehension performance among students in a tertiary institution in a Malaysian context and examined the vocabulary size required for students to achieve reading ...
Angelina Wan Lin Tan, Lay Huah Goh
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Evolution of Vocabulary on Scale-free and Random Networks

, 2007
We examine the evolution of the vocabulary of a group of individuals (linguistic agents) on a scale-free network, using Monte Carlo simulations and assumptions from evolutionary game theory.
Abrams, Albert, Alkiviadis Kalampokis, Amaral, Barabási, Baxter, Cancho, Cohen, de Oliveira, de Oliveira, Droz, Gallos, Havlin, Kosmas Kosmidis, Kosmidis, Kosmidis, Kosmidis, Liljeros, Mantegna, Mira, Newman, Newman, Nowak, Panos Argyrakis, Patriarca, Penna, Pinasco, Schulze, Schulze, Schulze, Schwämmle, Schwämmle, Stauffer, Teşileanu   +33 more
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ESTIMATING STUDENTS' VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE BY USING VOCABULARY SIZE TEST

, 2017
Abstract Assessing vocabulary is a crucial issue among the linguists, how many words are needed to understand a spoken or written English text. This paper describes the use of Vocabulary Size Test (VST) – a test to measures written receptive vocabulary size to estimate students’ vocabulary knowledge.
Hidayat, Hamdan, Khori, Akhmad, Fatkhulah, Faiz Karim   +2 more
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What Do Large Language Models Know About Materials?

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
If large language models (LLMs) are to be used inside the material discovery and engineering process, they must be benchmarked for the accurateness of intrinsic material knowledge. The current work introduces 1) a reasoning process through the processing–structure–property–performance chain and 2) a tool for benchmarking knowledge of LLMs concerning ...
Adrian Ehrenhofer, Thomas Wallmersperger, Gianaurelio Cuniberti   +2 more
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Estimating learners' vocabulary size under item response theory

Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2014
Perhaps the most qualitatively interpretable vocabulary test score is an estimate of the total number of words the learner knows in the tested domain, such as a frequency word list, or vocabulary taught as part of a course curriculum.
Aaron Gibson, Jeffrey Stewart
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Assessing vocabulary size through multiple-choice formats: issues with guessing and sampling rates [PDF]

, 2015
In most tests of vocabulary size, knowledge is assessed through multiple-choice formats. Despite advantages such as ease of scoring, multiple-choice tests (MCT) are accompanied with problems. One of the more central issues has to do with guessing and the
Gyllstad, Henrik, Schmitt, Norbert, Vilkaitė, Laura   +2 more
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