Practical but not atheoretical: a reflection on the promise of concept-based instruction in teacher assessment literacy development

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Abstract

This chapter details the author’s struggle in his attempt to make language assessment courses more practical without sacrificing their theoretical rigour, and demonstrates that:
• Teacher assessment literacy development can be seen as a process of concept formation
• This concept formation process involves the synergy of empirical and scientific concepts
• A potential approach to language assessment education is concept-based instruction (CBI)
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLanguage assessment literacy and competence
Subtitle of host publicationVolume 1 - Research and reflections from the field
EditorsBeverly Baker, Lynda Taylor
Place of PublicationCambridge
PublisherCambridge University Press
Chapter12
Pages213–222
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9781009802314
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2024

Publication series

NameStudies in language testing
Volume55

Keywords

  • Language assessment literacy
  • Teacher assessment literacy
  • Concept-based instruction
  • Vygotsky
  • Teacher education
  • Classroom assessment

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