{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7224968639","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15434303.2026.2748334","title":"Development and Validity Evidence of a Spanish Academic Vocabulary Test for the Social Sciences in Higher Education","display_name":"Development and Validity Evidence of a Spanish Academic Vocabulary Test for the Social Sciences in Higher Education","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-10-29","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7224968639","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15434303.2026.2748334"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1080/15434303.2026.2748334","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15434303.2026.2748334","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15434303.2026.2748334","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S198862774","display_name":"Language Assessment Quarterly","issn_l":"1543-4303","issn":["1543-4303","1543-4311"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-c","erih-plus","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320547","host_organization_name":"Taylor & Francis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320547","https://openalex.org/P4310320449"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Taylor & Francis","Informa"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Language Assessment Quarterly","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5085758357","display_name":"Paulina Freire","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7590-2231","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7590-2231"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I162148367","display_name":"Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile","ror":"https://ror.org/04teye511","country_code":"CL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I162148367"]}],"countries":["CL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Paulina Freire","raw_affiliation_strings":["Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7590-2231","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I162148367"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5002337835","display_name":"Katherine Strasser","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2364-6798","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2364-6798"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I162148367","display_name":"Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile","ror":"https://ror.org/04teye511","country_code":"CL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I162148367"]}],"countries":["CL"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Katherine Strasser","raw_affiliation_strings":["Millennium Institute for the Study of Transformative Literacy and Learning (MISTRALL)","Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2364-6798","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Millennium Institute for the Study of Transformative Literacy and Learning (MISTRALL)","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I162148367"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5025096039","display_name":"Mar\u00eda Rosa Lissi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9740-6853","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9740-6853"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I162148367","display_name":"Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile","ror":"https://ror.org/04teye511","country_code":"CL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I162148367"]}],"countries":["CL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mar\u00eda Rosa Lissi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9740-6853","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I162148367"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5059964264","display_name":"David Torres Irribarra","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4686-5279","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4686-5279"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I162148367","display_name":"Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile","ror":"https://ror.org/04teye511","country_code":"CL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I162148367"]}],"countries":["CL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"David Torres Irribarra","raw_affiliation_strings":["Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I162148367"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5002337835"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I162148367"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.94281659,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"21"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11587","display_name":"Second Language Acquisition and Learning","score":0.9916999936103821,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3204","display_name":"Developmental and Educational Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11587","display_name":"Second Language Acquisition and Learning","score":0.9916999936103821,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3204","display_name":"Developmental and Educational Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10103","display_name":"Reading and Literacy Development","score":0.003599999938160181,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3204","display_name":"Developmental and Educational Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10467","display_name":"Psychometric Methodologies and Testing","score":0.0013000000035390258,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/academic-vocabulary","display_name":"academic vocabulary","score":0.8379999995231628},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/vocabulary-assessment","display_name":"vocabulary assessment","score":0.8119999766349792},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-sciences","display_name":"social sciences","score":0.6909999847412109},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/higher-education","display_name":"higher education","score":0.6309999823570251},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/native-spanish-speakers","display_name":"native Spanish speakers","score":0.7049999833106995},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/disciplinary-vocabulary","display_name":"disciplinary terminology","score":0.5550000071525574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rasch-model","display_name":"Rasch model","score":0.6840000152587891},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/test-development","display_name":"test development","score":0.7139999866485596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/item-functioning","display_name":"item functioning","score":0.4429999887943268},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reading-skills","display_name":"reading skills","score":0.4729999899864197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sociodemographic-factors","display_name":"sociodemographic factors","score":0.578000009059906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/chilean-university-students","display_name":"Chilean university students","score":0.6330000162124634}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777601683","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6499736","display_name":"Vocabulary","level":2,"score":0.867900013923645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C8795937","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11862829","display_name":"Discipline","level":2,"score":0.7279000282287598},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777267654","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3519023","display_name":"Test (biology)","level":2,"score":0.7228000164031982},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.6983000040054321},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C554936623","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199657","display_name":"Reading (process)","level":2,"score":0.582099974155426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C101266164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2131821","display_name":"Rasch model","level":2,"score":0.5766000151634216},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120912362","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136822","display_name":"Higher education","level":2,"score":0.529699981212616},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145420912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853077","display_name":"Mathematics education","level":1,"score":0.4749000072479248},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62737587","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7939179","display_name":"Vocabulary development","level":3,"score":0.44510000944137573},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778498041","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q915466","display_name":"Academic year","level":2,"score":0.4025999903678894},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778780117","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3269423","display_name":"Reading comprehension","level":3,"score":0.35010001063346863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776046745","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5378564","display_name":"English for academic purposes","level":2,"score":0.3416000008583069},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781206393","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2748419","display_name":"Academic achievement","level":2,"score":0.34130001068115234},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C116211729","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5372350","display_name":"Test validity","level":3,"score":0.29829999804496765},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778883600","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2390977","display_name":"Language proficiency","level":2,"score":0.29319998621940613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19875794","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1207340","display_name":"Item response theory","level":3,"score":0.2930000126361847},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119867837","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4119870","display_name":"Academic writing","level":2,"score":0.2865000069141388},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C203151758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3244907","display_name":"Standardized test","level":2,"score":0.28610000014305115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C81369262","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6165531","display_name":"Achievement test","level":3,"score":0.2651999890804291},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C22156102","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5341294","display_name":"Educational measurement","level":3,"score":0.2628999948501587},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36727532","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q861399","display_name":"Educational research","level":2,"score":0.2621999979019165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779318504","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1438035","display_name":"Research design","level":2,"score":0.25600001215934753},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C171606756","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q506132","display_name":"Psychometrics","level":2,"score":0.2547000050544739},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778263599","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1669245","display_name":"Item analysis","level":3,"score":0.25450000166893005},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19417346","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7922","display_name":"Pedagogy","level":1,"score":0.251800000667572}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1080/15434303.2026.2748334","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15434303.2026.2748334","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15434303.2026.2748334","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S198862774","display_name":"Language Assessment Quarterly","issn_l":"1543-4303","issn":["1543-4303","1543-4311"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-c","erih-plus","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320547","host_organization_name":"Taylor & Francis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320547","https://openalex.org/P4310320449"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Taylor & Francis","Informa"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Language Assessment Quarterly","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","score":0.9235000014305115,"display_name":"Quality education"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":55,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1546508249","https://openalex.org/W1599927593","https://openalex.org/W1791500101","https://openalex.org/W1966959674","https://openalex.org/W1971126049","https://openalex.org/W2010776359","https://openalex.org/W2028223792","https://openalex.org/W2036188651","https://openalex.org/W2051440935","https://openalex.org/W2053670431","https://openalex.org/W2075527596","https://openalex.org/W2083292915","https://openalex.org/W2084015864","https://openalex.org/W2087922202","https://openalex.org/W2097674935","https://openalex.org/W2102866687","https://openalex.org/W2104351701","https://openalex.org/W2108926053","https://openalex.org/W2109160152","https://openalex.org/W2112696689","https://openalex.org/W2117439060","https://openalex.org/W2118792975","https://openalex.org/W2123666879","https://openalex.org/W2129020634","https://openalex.org/W2132379210","https://openalex.org/W2139278489","https://openalex.org/W2145713659","https://openalex.org/W2150538638","https://openalex.org/W2181228723","https://openalex.org/W2203428878","https://openalex.org/W2277439836","https://openalex.org/W2465750682","https://openalex.org/W2624526408","https://openalex.org/W2735161307","https://openalex.org/W2793597076","https://openalex.org/W2911545843","https://openalex.org/W2947377721","https://openalex.org/W2972920932","https://openalex.org/W2976862859","https://openalex.org/W2997084989","https://openalex.org/W3040175428","https://openalex.org/W3085009817","https://openalex.org/W3157027597","https://openalex.org/W3203151207","https://openalex.org/W3210222135","https://openalex.org/W4255578476","https://openalex.org/W4282939792","https://openalex.org/W4285023841","https://openalex.org/W4321123793","https://openalex.org/W4362589274","https://openalex.org/W4390619513","https://openalex.org/W4391927924","https://openalex.org/W4391953936","https://openalex.org/W4401836480","https://openalex.org/W4406067033"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4381059168","https://openalex.org/W4381059182","https://openalex.org/W2911545843","https://openalex.org/W7015530071","https://openalex.org/W4391927924","https://openalex.org/W4393228138","https://openalex.org/W4307244303","https://openalex.org/W6968179447","https://openalex.org/W4391825688","https://openalex.org/W4285150601"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"To":[0],"assess":[1],"undergraduates\u2019":[2],"academic":[3,117,132],"vocabulary":[4,118,133,143],"knowledge":[5],"within":[6],"their":[7],"disciplinary":[8,29,147],"field,":[9],"we":[10,65],"developed":[11,136],"the":[12,18,58,62,67,99,103,142],"Spanish":[13],"Academic":[14],"Vocabulary":[15],"Test":[16,89],"for":[17,137],"Social":[19],"Sciences":[20],"(TEVA-SOC).":[21],"The":[22,72,129],"instrument\u2019s":[23],"design":[24],"involved":[25],"selecting":[26],"words":[27],"through":[28],"corpus":[30],"analysis,":[31],"professors\u2019":[32],"judgment,":[33],"and":[34,43,81,86,125,151],"expert":[35],"review.":[36],"A":[37],"100-item":[38],"multiple-choice":[39],"test":[40,68],"was":[41],"constructed":[42],"administered":[44],"to":[45,69,112,126,141,145,152],"374":[46],"university":[47],"students":[48,114,155],"from":[49,122],"11":[50],"programs":[51],"at":[52,98],"a":[53,77,146],"Chilean":[54],"university.":[55],"After":[56],"examining":[57],"item":[59],"functioning":[60],"with":[61,84,94,115],"Rasch":[63],"model,":[64],"reduced":[66],"58":[70],"items.":[71],"analyses":[73],"provided":[74],"evidence":[75],"of":[76,102,139],"unidimensional":[78],"internal":[79],"structure":[80],"expected":[82],"associations":[83],"sociodemographic":[85],"reading":[87],"variables.":[88],"scores":[90,111],"showed":[91],"good":[92],"reliability,":[93],"high":[95],"measurement":[96],"precision":[97],"lower":[100],"end":[101],"ability":[104],"scale.":[105],"These":[106],"results":[107],"support":[108],"using":[109],"TEVA-SOC":[110],"identify":[113],"limited":[116],"who":[119],"may":[120],"benefit":[121],"targeted":[123],"support,":[124],"inform":[127],"instruction.":[128],"study":[130],"extends":[131],"assessment,":[134],"largely":[135],"learners":[138],"English,":[140],"relevant":[144],"area":[148],"(social":[149],"sciences)":[150],"native":[153],"Spanish-speaking":[154],"in":[156],"higher":[157],"education.":[158]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-01T11:40:01.658920","created_date":"2026-10-31T00:00:00"}