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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Test Administration"”.
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Ineffective Psychometric Testing: GRE Test Administration
… workforce. In addition, students were asked if test administration, time-constrained questions, and question bias had any effect of their GRE score. Together, these findings were inconclusive and do not suggest that the GRE is effective or ineffective in its measurement of potential graduate …
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THE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF AN INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE WIND ENSEMBLE ERROR DETECTION SKILLS AMONG INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC EDUCATORS
The Instrumental Music Error Detection Test, or IMEDT, was developed to examine error detection ability regarding pitch rhythm and articulation errors in recordings of a wind ensemble. This test was designed to simulate an authentic rehearsal situation. The musical excerpts were selected from grade …
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Equivalency of paper-pencil tests and computer-administered tests.
… versions of a multiple choice paper-pencil test equivalent? This study determined whether there were any significant differences between taking a traditional pencil-paper test and taking the same test using a computer. The literature has shown that there are intervening variables that have …
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Comparison of Computer Testing versus Traditional Paper and Pencil Testing
… a total of 109 students took the Block One Tests in the traditional paper and pencil form. Another six classes containing a total of 118 students took the same Block One Tests on computers. A confidence level of .99 and level of significance of .01 was established. An independent samples …
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Restraint influence on state anxiety and personality assessment inventory responding
Standardized test administration is key to a test’s validity, but often thwarted in correctional environments when policy or staff require that examinees wear restraints. Restraints such as handcuffs may impact participants’ state anxiety, stress, frustration, and irritability, as well as the …
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Online Evaluation in WWW-Based Courseware: The Quizit System
… been developed to support adaptive and standard testing, along with automatic grading, record keeping, and test administration using the WWW as a delivery vehicle. We have applied QUIZIT in connection with our NSF-supported Education Infrastructure project on Interactive Learning with a Digital …
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Language effects on semantic fluency test performance among South African adults
Issues around the cultural fairness of cognitive tests and their administration are becoming increasingly important as the global spread of neuropsychological practice quickens. Most of these tests are developed and standardized in high-income countries of the global north, and so when used in low- …
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An Interactional Analysis of Adult Cognitive Assessment
Psychological tests often include a standardized protocol, which gives specific instructions to clinicians on how the tests are to be administered. This protocol is intended to minimize variation across test administrations, allowing the test to yield reliable and valid measurements. Clinicians are …
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The effectiveness of automatic item generation for the development of cognitive ability tests
… shown that the increased use of computer-based testing has brought about new challenges. With the ease of online test administration, a large number of items are necessary to maintain the item bank and minimise the exposure rate. However, the traditional item development process is …
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Reliability generalization: lapsus linguae
… along with other issues, such as sample and test administration. This research used Monte Carlo simulations designed to illustrate how the same instrument, administered repeatedly, can result in different reliability coefficients and to show that variation in reliability coefficients is due …
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The effects of an eight-hour continuing education course on the death anxiety levels of registered nurses
… (DAS) was administered prior to the program (pre-test), immediately following the program (post-test I), and six weeks after the completion of the program (post-test II); Recommendations for further study include: replication with a larger sample group and random sampling, development of a tool …
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Junior High Students' Perceptions of the Fitnessgram Fitness Test
<p>The Fitnessgram is a battery of fitness tests designed for children and adolescents. These tests include aerobic capacity, body composition, muscle strength and endurance, and flexibility. Students are not compared to each other, rather to health fitness standards, specific to age and gender, …
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The concept of conflict in health psychology: Person by situation measurement
… of assessing inner conflict and secondarily to test out this device with a sample of chronic-illness groups and no-chronic-illness controls. The long-term goal of this research is to develop intervention strategies which utilize such daily-monitoring techniques with individual clients. These …
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A Decision Tree Approach To The Assessment Of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
… practice is the amount of time required for test administration and interpretation. Thus, the present research conducted an initial feasibility study using a normative sample of college-aged adults (n = 88) to develop an assessment protocol based on the clinician administered PTSD scale …
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Exploring the Item Difficulty and Other Psychometric Properties of the Core Perceptual, Verbal, and Working Memory Subtests of the WAIS-IV Using Item Response Theory
… Wechsler, 2008) only function as intended if subtest items proceed in order of difficulty. While many aspects of the WAIS-IV have been researched, there is no literature about subtest item difficulty and precise item difficulty values are not available. The WAIS-IV was developed within the …
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Providing Trauma and Violence Informed Care to Preservice Teachers: A look into perceived behaviours and self-efficacy when working with children impacted by interpersonal and structural violence
… increased significantly between the pre-and post-test administration. The findings support the inclusion of topics such as mental health as important to include in teacher education programs. Implications for teacher practice and student outcomes are discussed. Keywords: trauma, structural …
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Operant Procedures in the Auditory Assessment of "Difficult-To-Test" Individuals
… assessment procedures are not effective in testing some mentally retarded individuals for sensory capabilities. The present study investigated the use of operant conditioning procedures to determine hearing threshold levels with profoundly retarded individuals. Procedure. Three profoundly …
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What children think, feel, and know about physical fitness testing
… this year alone, taking the physical fitness tests will be as much a part of the annual school routine as is the first day of school, lunch, and standardized tests in the classroom. Given this, it becomes relevant to gain some insights into what students think, feel, and know about these …
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Adult Client Outcomes: Differences Between Counselors with Education in Child Centered Play Therapy Versus Counselors Without Education in Child-Centered Play Therapy
… was gathered to measure reported pre and post-test client symptomology. This study utilized a 2X2 repeated measure ANOVA design to analyze the impact of counselors who were educated in child-centered play therapy who saw adult clients, versus their non-play therapy counterparts who saw adult …
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