ERIC Number: EJ1098281
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 13
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Assessing the Watson-Barker Listening Test (WBLT)-Form C in Measuring Listening Comprehension of Post-Secondary Hispanic-American Students
Worthington, Debra L.; Keaton, Shaughan; Cook, John; Fitch-Hauser, Margaret; Powers, William G.
Journal of Research in Education, v24 n2 p192-204 Fall-Win 2014
The Watson-Barker Listening Test (WBLT) is one of the most popular measures of listening comprehension. However, participants in studies utilizing this scale have been almost exclusively Anglo-American. At the same time, previous research questions the psychometric properties of the test. This study addressed both of these issues by testing the psychometric properties of the scale with Hispanic-American postsecondary students. Results suggest that the measure does not meet the proposed five-factor structure and that the items hold little relationship to one another. Thus we recommend researchers and educators choose alternative means of measuring listening comprehension.
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension Tests, Psychometrics, Factor Structure, Test Items, Hispanic American Students, College Students, Factor Analysis
Eastern Educational Research Association. George Watson, Marshall University, One John Marshall Drive, College of Education and Professional Development, Huntington, WV 25755. e-mail: eerajournal@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.eeraorganization.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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