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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"Assessment tasks"”.
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Analysis of the Psychometric Properties of Two Different Concept-Map Assessment Tasks
… within a subject domain. One concept-map assessment in particular known as the construct-a-map task has shown great promise in facilitating reliable and valid inferences from student concept-map ratings. With all of its promise, however, the construct-a-map task is burdened with several …
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The impact of viewing conditions on image quality assessment tasks in mammographic quality control
… environments in order to provide a baseline assessment of QC image assessment under different environmental and technical conditions.During the second phase of this research, nine TORMAM test object images with different technical characteristics, simulating a range of images with different …
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A QUANTITATIVE SURVEY ANALYSIS OF ELEMENTARY PRESERVICE TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF ASSESSMENT TASKS IN SCIENCE COURSEWORK
… preservice elementary teachers’ perceptions of assessment tasks they encountered in secondary science coursework. Students are assessed through informal and formal assessments, including close-ended and open-ended questions, through classroom and high-stakes assessments. With great significance …
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Assessing the Validity of Multiple-Choice Questions, Using them to Undertake Comparative Analysis on Student Cohort Performance, and Evaluating the Methodologies Used
… within the final examinations. Ensuring that the assessment tasks and the items used within them are a valid method of determining student competency is an important part of reviewing the results of the assessments. Throughout this research all the MCQ assessment tasks and items used in first-year …
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Alternative Assessment in Tennis
… to develop two valid and reliable alternative assessment tasks based on the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Schools Program Curriculum. These assessments might then be used to determine the effectiveness of the USTA Schools Program Curriculum as taught in selected schools. The two …
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Alignment of intended learning outcomes, curriculum and assessment in a middle school science program
… the intended learning outcomes, curriculum and assessment in the science curriculum offered at a regional independent Middle School in the state of Victoria, Australia. In-school assessment has indicated that the current science curriculum of this Middle School may not develop students' skills …
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Temporal and Contextual Decision Making: Extending Experimental Choice Research to Clinical Psychology
… the relationship between six discounting assessment tasks using clinically relevant content and measures of social aspects of psychological functioning. The first contextual discounting task assessed discounting involving variables related to the costs and benefits of entering therapy …
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The effects of task, language of assessment, and target language experience on foreign language learners performance on reading comprehension tests
… in nature. Researchers use a variety of assessment tasks which may or may not be comparable across studies. Some tasks are carried out in the subjects' native language while others are performed in the target language. Furthermore, the population studied does not represent all levels of …
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Development Of Robot-Based Cognitive And Motor Assessment Tools For Stroke And Hiv Neurorehabilitation
… is that improvements on robotic rehabilitation tasks do not transfer to activities of daily living. In this thesis, I combine rehabilitation robotics, cognitive neuroscience, and bioengineering principles to design robot-based assessment tasks capable of measuring both cognitive and motor …
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Becoming an academic : a study of learning to judge student performance in three disciplines at a South African university
… learn to judge student performance in complex assessment tasks, i.e. tasks that allow students substantial initiative and latitude in their response. It was conducted at a research intensive historically white university in South Africa and involved case studies in three academic departments. …
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Fourth and Fifth Grade Children's Understanding of Physical Activity: The Development of Three Alternative Assessments
… to design, pilot, and evaluate three alternative assessments that measured fourth and fifth grade student's understanding of physical activity guidelines as contained in the Surgeon General's Report (USDHHS, 1996). The alternative assessments were: 1. designing a booklet for a peer named Homer, 2. …
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An Exploration of the Interplay between Assessment and Mobile Pedagogies, in Secondary School Mathematics
… technologies. How do traditional mathematics assessments influence teacher perceptions of the effectiveness of mobile learning? And, given that students have access to mobile technologies, how might we construct assessments that truly allow students to demonstrate their learning? The …
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Evaluation of narrative interview as an assessment method
… the role of the narrative interview as an assessment method. The main aim of the study was to ascertain the value of subjective and holistic methods of assessment in facilitating and enabling psychological processes. Traditional psychometric techniques of assessment are compared with …
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An investigation into student and teacher perceptions of, and attitudes towards, the use of information communications technologies to support digital forms of summative performance assessment in the applied information technology and engineering studies courses in Western Australia
… and Communications Technologies (ICT) to support assessment in senior secondary courses in Western Australia, and the feasibility of such support in various forms. This investigation focused on the main characteristics of these perceptions, and attitudes and their relationships with curriculum, …
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The relationship between models of student laptop computer use and teacher instructional behavior
… and student roles, assignments and learning tasks, and instructional activities. The evaluation of instruction component was examined with regard to assessment tasks, grading, and assessment of homework. Using a researcher-designed questionnaire, data was gathered in a single-stage …
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An exploration of teachers' implementation of continuous assessment in Grade 10 Mathematics in Oshikoto education region
… was to explore the implementation of Continuous Assessment (CA) in Grade 10 Mathematics in Oshikoto Education Region. The study employed explanatory mixed methods research design which was carried out sequentially, beginning with the quantitative phase and then the qualitative phase. Ten Grade 10 …
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A Cognitive Assessment of Post-Disaster Imagery Requirements
… hazard and disaster events happen. Rapid damage assessment is time-critical to distribute accessible response resources and accelerate relief efforts. Currently there are many researchers focusing on post-disaster damage assessment studies, most of which are based on fine-resolution remote …
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'Towards meaningful learning: A theory for improved assessment in higher education
… builds upon research which links perception of assessment tasks to approaches to learning. The thesis therefore investigates how messages about assessment are conveyed by staff and how students' interpret them. In doing so, it embraces a humanistic approach to learning that stresses the …
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Quantifying Parkinson's Disease Symptoms Using Mobile Devices
<p>Current assessments for evaluating the progression of Parkinson’s Disease are largely qualitative and based on small sets of data obtained from occasional doctor-patient interactions. There is a clinical need to improve the techniques used for mitigating common Parkinson’s Disease symptoms. …
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A case study of grade 6 multilingual learners' experiences with monolingual assessment practices in a working-class township school in Cape Town.
… f multilingual learners when writing monolingual assessments. It draws on a growing body of poststructuralist theory on linguistic repertoire and translanguaging in order to understand how grade 6 multilingual learners engaged with monolingual assessments in a working-class school in the Western …
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