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Showing 1 to 20 of 220 for “"Tests and Measurements"”.
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The effects of enrichment on gifted students: A quantitative synthesis.
The effects of enrichment on gifted students: A quantitative synthesis.
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Evaluation of a mental skills training program implemented by an elementary classroom teacher.
… mental skills/life skills training program and assess the extent to which children (1) learned to relax themselves at will, (2) successfully implemented stress control strategies, and (3) improved the frequency of their highlights (any simple pleasure, joy, or other positive experience that …
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The reliability and validity of the Courtis general development test
… (M.A.)--Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science. Dept. of Education, 1952
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Some effects of emphasizing the learning function of classroom achievement examinations
Thesis (D.A.G.)--Michigan State University. College of Education, 1969
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Reading German in a Study Abroad Context
Implications. Students, faculty, and study abroad professionals should have more realistic expectations of second language development as a result of study abroad. There is much room for further research in the area of reading while studying abroad.
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Teachers' Use of Fitness Tests and the Factors Influencing Their Use
… had a slightly positive attitude toward fitness tests. The cognitive and affective domains were equally and strongly correlated to the overall attitude (r = 0.97). Most teachers (83%) used fitness tests in the last two years. The most frequently used fitness test was The President's Challenge …
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The Relationship Between Tonal Memory Tests of Recognition and Tonal Memory Tests of Reproduction
Under the limitation of lack of randomization, it was concluded that the reproduction test of tonal memory appears to possess moderately high concurrent/construct validity with certain recognition tests of tonal memory. However, the creation of a recognition measure with a stronger relationship to …
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Learners' Input on L2 Testing: An Issue of Washback
… use of certain task methods for classroom work and for the development of L2 tests.
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The Returns to Basic Skills for Young Adults in the United States
… is highly valued in the labor market for men and women. Since the early acquisition of basic skills leads to higher levels of educational attainment and basic skills appear to be important determinants of labor market earnings for high school and college graduates, this study has policy …
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Teacher Understanding of Quality in the Visual Arts Classroom
This study also suggests that in order to understand the assessment practices of art teachers, it is important to recognize that the act of assessment in the art room extends to be influenced by pedagogical interpretation, understanding of equity, the pace of learning, the use of control, and …
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Multilevel Latent Markov Models for Nested Longitudinal Discrete Data
… data are clustered both structurally and temporally. The hierarchically nested structure induces between-subject dependency because individuals in the same unit may share something in common. The longitudinal aspect of data induces within-subject dependency because observations are …
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Psychometric Methods for Diagnostic Assessment and Dimensionality Representation
… A proximity measure for item pairs is derived, and circular and spherical scaling techniques are shown to provide a method by which the unique measurement directions of items might be recovered and represented. Several real and simulated data analyses suggest that the approach may be a useful …
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The Study of a Senior Exhibition Project Used as a Performance Assessment Instrument in an Urban High School: Teacher and Student Perceptions With an Analysis by the Participant Researcher
… study suggest that student learning behaviors and teacher instructional behaviors can be strongly influenced and indeed changed by the use of an alternative assessment instrument designed as a Senior Exhibition Project. The findings of this study can be used as a basis of further investigation …
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Investigating Stereotype Threat as a Source of Black/White Differential Item Functioning
… issues. The need for a more refined understanding of the causes and circumstances surrounding these differences is vital. Drawing from Claude Steele's social-psychological theory on stereotype threat and its role in test score variation, the purpose of this study is to investigate whether …
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A *Validity Narrative: Effects of Reading Skills Diagnosis on Teaching and Learning in the Context of NG TOEFL
… pedagogically useful information for teachers and students. However, the potential of skills diagnosis is subject to the extent to which a set of skills can be sufficiently specified and further to the degree to which it is integrated into curriculum. A more meaningful diagnostic assessment …
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Effect of Multidimensional Ability Differences Across Groups of Examinees on Unidimensional Ability Estimation
Zhang and Stout (1999) have demonstrated that the unidimensional ability composite of a multidimensional test to be a standardized linear combination of multiple abilities. Both simulated test data and real ACT test data were used to investigate the effect on unidimensional ability estimates of a …
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Factors Explaining EFL Learners' Performance in a Timed Essay Writing Test: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
… a simultaneous multi-group SEM with high and low- L2 writing ability groups indicated that L2 writing performance was explained by the full model to a different degree for each group as well as to a different manner across the groups. Based on these findings, practical implications for EFL …
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The Structure of Basic Interests
… for measuring interests in career counseling and other applied settings (Day & Rounds, 1997). In the present study basic interest measures are used evaluate the structure of Holland's (1959, 1997) theory and four alternative models: Hierarchical (Gati, 1979, 1991), circumplex (Tracey & Rounds, …
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The Effectiveness of Test -Takers' Participation in Development of an Innovative Web -Based Speaking Test for International Teaching Assistants at American Colleges
… SPEAK showed the mismatch between the purpose and its use in a local context and the findings from the needs analysis were aligned with the team's decisions on test design considerations reflected into the development. The results of the group dynamics and audit trail supported positive …
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Use, Context, and Consequences of Early Literacy Assessments in Chicago Public Schools
… data from two particular assessments, the DIBELS and basal tests; (b) enhanced teacher use of data from assessments that are more widely administered and from assessments they personally administer, (c) contextual factors such as the presence of school-level reading specialists, professional …
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