Contents

導(dǎo)　讀 范勁松　iii
Acknowledgements xvii
Series Editors’ note xviii
Notes on contributors xxi

Section 1
Language assessment and mixed methods research：
Fundamental considerations and symbiosis 1
1　The confluence of language assessment and mixed methods 2
Aleidine J． Moeller
2　Managing language assessment systems and mixed methods 18
Nick Saville

Section 2
Conducting mixed methods research： Key elements， steps
and considerations 35
3　What is mixed methods research? 36
John W． Creswell and Yuchun Zhou
4　Mixed methods designs 54
Nick Ziegler and Le Kang
5　Drawing mixed methods procedural diagrams 92
Debra R． Miller and Carolina Bustamante
6　Writing and publishing mixed methods studies in second language 130
learning and assessment： Ten essential elements
Sheri Hurlbut

Section 3
Mixed methods research in language assessment： Case studies 167
7　Enhancing test validation through rigorous mixed methods components 168
Timothy C． Guetterman and Angeliki Salamoura
8　A community-based
participatory approach to test development： 196
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Ivana Vidakovi？ and Martin Robinson
9　Rating scale development： A multistage exploratory sequential design 231
Evelina Galaczi and Nahal Khabbazbashi
10　The development of a new Reading task： A mixed methods approach 259
Mark Elliott and Gad S． Lim
11　Investigating the impact of international assessment： A convergent 301
parallel mixed methods approach
Hanan Khalifa and Coreen Docherty

Section 4
From ideas to action 332
12　Ideas to action： A framework for the design and implementation of a 333
mixed methods study
Andrew Hustad and Sarah McElwee

References 364