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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Educational tests & measurements"”.
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Evaluating Equivalence Testing Methods for Measurement Invariance
… to using traditional chi square difference tests and GOFs. Results demonstrate that the EQ for nested models was the only procedure that maintains empirical error rates below the nominal level. Results also highlight that the EQ requires larger sample sizes or equivalence bounds based on …
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Technology Enabled Assessments: An Investigation of Scoring Models for Scaffolded Tasks
While significant progress has been made in recent years on technology enabled assessments (TEAs), including assessment systems that incorporate scaffolding into the assessment process, there is a dearth of research regarding psychometric scoring models that can be used to fully capture students' …
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Developing and testing a "responsibility" questionnaire for 8th graders
… perceptions of attitude.;Internal consistency tests showed Cronbach's Alpha to be .834 for the entire questionnaire, .752 for the questions measuring behavior and .637 for the questions measuring attitude. Internal consistency tests should be repeated with additional pilot groups to obtain …
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Empirical Evaluation for Gender-Based DIF in an International Assessment: The Case of PIRLS
This study investigated gender differential item functioning (DIF) in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) in the 2016 cycle. This is because there is no empirical review of gender DIF in this test. The DIF analyses were conducted within and across three countries which …
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Designing a cultural needs questionnaire
This study describes the development of a cultural needs questionnaire intended to get a profile of foreign students' awareness of American culture. Specifically, the original questionnaire was designed to assess the level of awareness that English as a Second Language (ESL) students have of three …
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Investigating and Improving Student Understanding of Superposition in Introductory and Quantum Physics Courses
This dissertation presents results from research and curriculum development related to student understanding of the principle of superposition in introductory optics and upper-division quantum mechanics courses. The focus is on the extent to which students are able to relate the mathematical …
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Gender differences in test anxiety
The research regarding overall general test anxiety and sex difference is contradictory at best. There is no clear answer to the research question concerning general test anxiety and sex difference according to the literature. An experiment using the modified Suinn Test Anxiety Behavior Scale …
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Utilizing Multidimensional Item Response Theory to Examine Social Capital
… from the student questionnaire of the National Educational Longitudinal Study (NELS:88) Database. The psychometric properties and dimensionality of the scale are evaluated with MIRT framework. Using the sample of grade eight students from NELS:88 (N = 27,394), the two-factor structure of the …
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Student Perceptions Towards Mandated Assessments
… but also perceptions towards mandated tests. This study investigated 360 ninth and tenth grade students from five high schools within one suburban school district. A demographic questionnaire, Brown’s student conceptions of assessment survey (SCoA-VI), and three open-ended response …
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THE IMPACT OF ANCHOR ITEM EXPOSURE ON MEAN/SIGMA LINKING AND IRT TRUE SCORE EQUATING UNDER THE NEAT DESIGN
To compare examinees' true ability and their actual competence on the content being measured across different test administrations, test scores must be equated. One of the most common equating designs is called the nonequivalent anchor test (NEAT) design. This equating design requires two forms of …
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Detection of Attribute Hierarchies and Classification Accuracy: the Value of the Hierarchical Diagnostic Classification Model in Formative Assessment Practices
The assumption that learning occurs sequentially, or in steps, is a common consideration in K12 education. As the landscape of student education continues to advance, driven by efforts to incorporate tools that offer educators and students feedback capable of identifying areas a student is …
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An Examination of the Difference in Reading and Mathematics Achievement between Black and White Students in 1st, 3rd, and 5th Grades and its Relationship to Family, School, and Classroom Variables
… than Black students on reading and mathematics tests and this gap appears to grow larger as students get older. This study used data from the national Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) to follow about 7,400 students from 1st to 3rd to 5th grade and examined their performance on ECLS’ …
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Estimation of education quality: harmonization and analysis of inequalities
… Inequalities in harmonized estimates of educational quality were identified across region, country, and socioeconomic status (SES) using absolute and relative measures of inequality. Results: There are significant differences in educational quality across locations not explained by …
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An Investigation of Answer Changing on a Large-Scale Computer-Based Educational Assessment
Answer changing on tests has been studied for decades, however more recently answer-changing analysis has risen as an approach for exploring potential test fraud on high-stakes achievement tests. The purpose of this study was to document answer-changing patterns of students grades 3-11 on …
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AN INVESTIGATION INTO FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS RELATED TO SLOPE: AN APPLICATION OF THE ATTRIBUTE HIERARCHY METHOD
The mathematics education community has been working for more than two decades to reform K - 12 school mathematics programs. The literature consistently emphasizes the importance of students understanding and making sense of mathematics, which is characterized by complex networks of knowledge …
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Treatment Integrity in Tiered Systems
This dissertation offers a collection of works examining the measurement and use of treatment integrity in the context of tiered systems, with a particular focus on comprehensive, integrated, three-tiered (Ci3T) models of prevention. We begin with a history of treatment integrity measurement, …
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