DocumentCode
2996289
Title
Notice of Retraction
Weight optimization of CET-4 Test sections based on AHP method
Author
Yueting Xu ; Han Huang
Author_Institution
Sch. of English Educ., Guangdong Univ. of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China
Volume
2
fYear
2010
fDate
10-11 May 2010
Firstpage
251
Lastpage
254
Abstract
Notice of Retraction
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
The reform of CET-4 (College English Test, Band 4) mainly has oriented in weight adjustment of the test sections. This paper introduces an AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process) method which optimizes the weight of test sections in CET-4 in order to assess students´ communicative competence. The AHP method begins with a questionnaire administered to English teachers from a university. The returned questionnaires are summarized and analyzed by mathematical approach and statistic software to generate the objective weights. The proposed weight is compared with the former weight in the discussion, and the conclusion is considered as a reference for making decisions in weight adjustment of CET-4. The case indicates that the results by AHP method reflect the college English teachers´ professional agreement of assessment priority in college English education.
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
The reform of CET-4 (College English Test, Band 4) mainly has oriented in weight adjustment of the test sections. This paper introduces an AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process) method which optimizes the weight of test sections in CET-4 in order to assess students´ communicative competence. The AHP method begins with a questionnaire administered to English teachers from a university. The returned questionnaires are summarized and analyzed by mathematical approach and statistic software to generate the objective weights. The proposed weight is compared with the former weight in the discussion, and the conclusion is considered as a reference for making decisions in weight adjustment of CET-4. The case indicates that the results by AHP method reflect the college English teachers´ professional agreement of assessment priority in college English education.
Keywords
computer aided instruction; educational courses; teaching; AHP method; CET-4 test sections; English education; analytical hierarchy process; college english test; mathematical approach; statistic software; weight optimization; Education; Educational institutions; Optimization methods; Photonics; Power engineering and energy; Software engineering; Statistical analysis; Testing; Vocabulary; Writing; AHP method; CET-4; Methodologies in examinations; collecge English education; weight optimization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optics Photonics and Energy Engineering (OPEE), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Wuhan
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5234-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OPEE.2010.5507987
Filename
5507987
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