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Assessing The Dimensionality of Polytomous Item Exams
… has focused on the case of dichotomous item exams. The proposed method in this dissertation, Poly-NEWDIM (PND), demonstrates closer to nominal Type I error control and better power than two currently existing methods, the original Poly-DIMTEST (Li & Stout, 1995; Nandakumar et al., 1998), and …
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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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Student Scores on Advanced Placement Exams: Gender Variables
The results of the Advanced Placement exams given to students in 2006 were disaggregated according to gender. The level of performance was compared between males and females using Cohen's d. The standardized differences between male and female performance group levels were compared to previous …
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Investigating students' perceptions of fairness for computer based exams
… computer-based testing to support asynchronous exams. Students may take their exams asynchronously at convenient times, and they are assigned questions randomly from a pool of question variants. Previous work has been done to compare variants and test equality, but little research has been …
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Functional music proficiency exams: A survey of music therapy educators
… uses of functional music skills proficiency exams as well as music therapy educators’ perspectives on the proficiency exam. The survey response rate was 17.13%. Responses indicated most programs utilize a formal proficiency exam and that it is a gatekeeping measure. The overall setting and …
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An Analysis of Tennessee Gateway Exams and the Variables Related to Student Results.
… of students who pass Tennessee's Gateway exams in high school. Associations were examined between the Gateway exams and variables such as: socioeconomic status, ethnicity, dropout rate, graduation rate, attendance, average daily membership, per-pupil expenditure, teachers' salary, and …
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Development and validation of lower- and upper-extremity robotic medical education task trainers for neurologic exams
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-04-12 without embargo terms
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Implementation of a Web Application for Testing Memory Retrieval Through the Development and Utilization of Customizable Exams
Students in academic environments today use ever evolving technology to complete their academic tasks. This paper describes the software engineering techniques and practices that were used to develop a web application capable of assisting students with the common academic task of exam preparation. …
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Implementation of a Web Application for Testing Memory Retrieval Through the Development and Utilization of Customizable Exams
Students in academic environments today use ever evolving technology to complete their academic tasks. This paper describes the software engineering techniques and practices that were used to develop a web application capable of assisting students with the common academic task of exam preparation. …
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A comparative analysis of musical ability and performance on mathematical exams determined by brain activity and scoring
INTRODUCTION: The correlation between musical training and academic performance has been explored through several different venues of research in the fields of music, mathematics, and neuroanatomy. Previous research has shown evidence that a correlation between musical abilities and improved …
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Using Relational and Instrumental Understandings to Prepare Students for Success With Solving Quadratic Equations on End of Course Exams
… of students performing better on end of course exams. The majority of students struggle to remember all the methods used to solve quadratic equations, so this curriculum contains 6 lessons focusing on three methods that can be used to solve any quadratic equation. The lesson methods in the …
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Examining the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Exams, Scholastic Aptitude Test, and High School Grade Point Average as Predictors of College Readiness
<p>The lack of college readiness in the United States is a critical issue that jeopardizes our economy. The demographic inequality of the crisis, particularly for low-income as well as Black and Latinx students, emerges from systemic problems of race and class in American education and society …
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Development and Implementation of a Brief Video-Based Mindful Movement Intervention Prior to Pelvic Exams to Reduce Pain Intensity and State Anxiety
… settings to reduce pain and anxiety prior to exams, surgeries, or procedures. This broad investigation begins with a theoretical review exploring a proposed mechanism of mindfulness, improved attention. It presents a theory of mindful movement as a type of mindfulness potentially more …
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Método de violão em tablatura: estratégias para elaboração de material de apoio aos exames do London College of Music na modalidade acoustic guitar
… on preparation for international qualification exams in the models of the exams offered by the London College of Music – LCM. The project that gave basis to this work arose from the observation of the disparity between the content requested in the exams and the methodology and progressiveness …
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Exam preparation learning
… investigates student learning through practice exams. A series of experiments were conducted using a web-based platform that provided students with an organized structure to study past exam problems. We establish the learning obtained from doing these practice exams (Chapter 1) and then …
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Students’ experience TOE (Team Oral Examination) dipping in a leadership capstone class
… to team oral examinations have focused on team exams, oral exams, exams in leadership education, and team oral exams outside of leadership. This study took place in the capstone course of a leadership certificate program at a public, land grant institution in the Midwestern United States. …
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An investigation into the effect of the Skills for Life Strategy on assessment and classroom practices in ESOL teaching in England
… with the focus falling on a range of external exams, although the effects of internal measures such as Independent Learning Plans was also noted. While washback was detected, mostly in the form of changes in staff-student relationships, the ‘double accounting’ of students preparing to sit the …
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