Sentence examples for changes in proficiency from inspiring English sources

The exams were fundamentally different from those given in 2005, so the results cannot be compared with earlier tests to gauge changes in proficiency.

However, available measurement allowed us to assess changes in proficiency over 1 year of learning between the middle of 10th and 11th grade.

The task of disentangling methodological issues from ones which indicate substantive changes in proficiency is complex and, in a sense, the circumstances in which the Irish results for PISA 2009 have emerged represent the 'perfect storm'.

Self reported change in proficiency between T1 and T2 is summarised in Table 2 with significance set at p <0.001 using paired Wilcoxon statistical analysis.

The majority of T2 respondents (96.6%) had not received any further dental education during the follow up period so any self reported change in proficiency would not be due to other training.

This will only change if proficiency in a second language becomes a national requirement for university.

The current paper reports on empirical research investigating the qualitative changes in writing proficiencies in response to using three online writing tools, i.e., discussion forums, blogs, and wikis, in an EFL blended-format course.

Yet upon closer inspection anxiety only accounts for a small amount of change in perceived proficiency.

The data analysis was conducted using the QUEST measurement tool (Adams and Khoo 1996), while the digital skill acquisition was evaluated in terms of the magnitude of change in participant proficiency (magnitude of effect size as defined by Cohen's statistical power analysis (Cohen 1977)).

The raw score (SEM 2.21, MDC 6.12) and the standardised score (SEM 2.06, MDC 5.71) are proposed as more meaningful measures to detect true change in motor proficiency with the MDC's and SEM being more closely correlated.

Thus, scores derived from Criterion® seem sufficiently sensitive to reflect changes in students' writing proficiency in relation to L2 writing and other instruction of receptive and productive skills (see Instructions for details).