Targeting washback—a case-study

By S. Andrews, John Fullilove, Yama Wong. 2002

126 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Education, Information Systems, Language and Linguistics

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Citations in the corpus

• Washback and the classroom: the implications for teaching and learning of studies of washback from exams (2005, background): “While Alderson and Wall (1993: 127) say that their Sri Lanka study showed the exam ‘had virtually no impact on the way that teachers teach’, Andrews et al. (2002) point out that the revised exam led to teachers’ use of explanation of techniques for engaging in certain exam tasks.”
• Aiming for positive washback: a case study of international teaching assistants (2006, background): “While the study reiterates the complexity of investigating washback noted by previous studies (e.g. Alderson and Wall, 1993; Andrews et al., 2002), it also provides an indication as to the source of this complexity possibly being the concept of washback embracing both test effects and the…”