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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Educational measurement"”.
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Data Base Methods in Educational Measurement Research
A major bottleneck in basic and applied education research is managing large, complex, changing data files. Conventional file management methods are needlessly expensive, difficult to implement and error-prone. In this dissertation it is shown that the network data base model can be used to …
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Statistical issues and developments in time series analysis and educational measurement
… 2, using some of the most common models in educational testing for data generation. Theoretical results on clustering accuracy are given for distance measures used in minimum diameter partitioning and hierarchical agglomerative cluster analysis with complete linkage for data from …
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Mathematics Attitudes and Mathematics Performance: Novel Approaches towards Noncognitive Educational Measurement, Applications to Large-scale Assessment Data, and Examinations of Multigroup Invariance
… gender and race/ethnicity. Results indicated measurement invariance of attitudinal constructs across groups but no support for structural invariance for the relations between attitude-behavior-performance. With a few exceptions, whereas predominantly ethnic/racial minority groups had a more …
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Some practical item selection algorithms in cognitive diagnostic computerized adaptive testing -- smart diagnosis for smart learning
… adaptive testing (CD-CAT), an intelligent educational measurement tool that was envisioned as enhancing individualized learning over twenty years ago. Several new selection algorithms are proposed for addressing two important issues in CD-CAT: measurement efficiency and item exposure …
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Writing assessment's "debilitating inheritance": Behaviorism's dismissal of experience
… efficiency movement's effects on education and educational measurement in the early 20th century and the establishment of the behaviorist infrastructure of assessment---an infrastructure that contributed; paradoxically, to the early focus in composition studies on experience. I analyze …
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An Automated Test Assembly Approach Using Item Response Theory to Enhance Evidence of Measurement Invariance
… while simultaneously accounting for differing measurement models between two groups. Three Monte Carlo studies were designed to evaluate the proposed method (termed “Unbiased-ATA”). The first study found that in many testing scenarios, Unbiased-ATA appropriately constructed tests with evidence …
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Backcountry campsite conditions assessed for limits of acceptable change planning in Shenandoah National Park
… of techniques from disciplines as diverse as educational testing and policy sciences. The condition, location, and legality of 743 backcountry campsites are reported, as revealed during a census completed using methods from recreation ecology. To assess the consistency and precision of …
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Development and Validation of the Sense of Competence Scale-Revised (SCS-R)
… evidence function as general standards for all educational measurement (Messick, 1995). During the study the content aspect of validity was addressed through the creation of concept maps and test blueprints. In addition, the content aspect of validity was addressed by creating and selecting …
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An examination of the dimensionalities and common constructs of selected adult cognitive learning style instruments
… style instruments in adult education, accurate measurement and interpretation using existing instrumentation have proven problematic. Additionally, relatively little attempt has been made to empirically reconcile the different theoretical and conceptual frameworks underlying these instruments. …
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Rethinking the Force Concept Inventory: Developing a Cognitive Diagnostic Assessment to Measure Misconceptions in Newton's Laws
… not designed to facilitate it. Researchers in educational measurement have suggested that diagnostic cognitive models (DCMs) could be used to diagnose misconceptions and to create such misconception profiles. DCMs are multidimensional, confirmatory latent class models which are designed to …
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Q-matrix optimization for cognitive diagnostic assessment
… is a growing area in psychological and educational measurement with the advantage of providing diagnostic profiles (mastery/non-mastery of measured attributes) for examinees, giving insights for classroom teaching and student learning. Central to the successful implementation of a …
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Toward Culturally Responsive and Equitable Testing: Innovative Psychometric Analyses on Contextualized Measurement and Adaptive Testing
Measurement errors attributable to cultural issues are complex and challenging for educational assessments. We need assessment tests sensitive to the cultural heterogeneity of populations, and psychometric methods appropriate to address fairness and equity concerns. Built on the research of …
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Rater Drift in Constructed Response Scoring via Latent Class Signal Detection Theory and Item Response Theory
… Examples of CR items in psychological and educational measurement range from essays, works of art, and admissions interviews. However, unlike multiple-choice (MC) items that have predetermined options, CR items require test takers to construct their own answer. As such, they require the …
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Sampling for network motif detection and estimation of Q-matrix and learning trajectories in DINA model
… to address open issues in network analysis and educational assessments. The first problem we investigate is network motif detection. Network motifs are substructures that appear significantly more often in the given network than in other random networks. Motif detection is crucial for …
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Fostering Flipped Classroom Pedagogy in Undergraduate Nursing Education
… surveys, focus group interviews (FGIs), educational design, and an intervention-based study. More specifically, the approach included: reviewing and appraising the literature to identify pedagogical models for developing FCP (Study 1); creating a scale for measuring the readiness of FCP …
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Improving Medical Student Performance on Clinical Skills Exams
BACKGROUND: Clinical Skills Exams were created in an effort to determine the readiness of medical students to enter into residency. These exams place students in a simulated patient encounter and grade them on their proficiency in handling that encounter. The National Board of Medical Examiners …
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Identifying Predictors of Performance on USMLE® Step 1
BACKGROUND: USMLE® Step 1 is considered by residency program directors to be one of the most important factors in selecting medical students for interviews, so it is important for both students and medical schools to maximize scores. However, despite its importance, very little has been studied to …
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Formative Feedback Passport: A Tool to Engage Students in Reflecting on and Incorporating Mid-Point Feedback
BACKGROUND: The importance of formative feedback in undergraduate medical education is widely appreciated; however, it is historically inadequate. The formative feedback passport (FF tool) was developed and implemented in the Internal Medicine (IM) clerkship at UT Southwestern to address these …
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The Effectiveness of a Measurement System and Feedback Process on Teamwork Medical Clerkship Education
… curriculum. AIM: To develop and implement a measurement system and analytic process for the Team FIRST audit-and-feedback system within Emergency Medicine, Surgical, and Pediatric clerkship rotations, increasing system fidelity from a baseline of 0% to a target of 80% by January 2026. …
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Issues and challenges in current generalizability theory applications in rated measurement
… 1972; Shavelson & Webb, 1991) in rated measurement given by human raters. Contexts in which such measurement prevails include, but are not limited to, performance-based assessments, standard settings, and content validation studies. Inherent in expert rated measurement are potential …
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