A prototype model of task-based language assessment, the Integrative Task (IT) Model, was developed as an attempt to solve the longstanding problem of generalizing the language learners' performances on particular language tasks to their future performances on the tasks at similar levels of difficulty. In the IT Model, two psychological doctrines contributed in developing the IT Model in order to be operationally defined as the two-factor constructs underlying Integrative tasks: First, the core operations identified in the eight categories of Multiple Intelligences Theory (Gardner, 1983;...
A prototype model of task-based language assessment, the Integrative Task (IT) Model, was developed as an attempt to solve the longstanding problem of...
In the realm of language learning, writing viewed as a discovery process which provides opportunities for ongoing learning. It becomes comprehensible, that the reality of writing itself is a way of structuring, formulating and reacting to the inner and outside worlds. The issue that makes sense at this point is whether and how the study of multiple intelligences and critical thinking could be of any help to students or teachers. This research has attempted to investigate the predictive power of Multiple Intelligences Integrative Tasks (MIIT) and Critical Thinking for successful performance on...
In the realm of language learning, writing viewed as a discovery process which provides opportunities for ongoing learning. It becomes comprehensible,...
