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Showing 1 to 20 of 599 for “"stakes"”.
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Comparative pairs judgements for high-stakes practical assessments
… over the reliability of the scores. In high-stakes assessment, these problems are even more challenging. There is a need for an assessment method that could overcome these problems. In this study, such a method that will be referred to as the Comparative Pairs judgements was investigated. …
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Physiological Synchrony Predicts Cooperative Behavior with High Stakes
<p>Can subconscious bodily responses explain our natural tendency to be trusting and trustworthy towards a stranger? I address this question by conducting, to my knowledge, the first study of physiological synchrony (PS) between pairs of partners playing the trust game face-to-face. Participants …
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High Stakes Testing and School Characteristics: A Comparative Study
… to consider alongside their relationship to high stakes testing. The findings particular to this study suggest that more research should be performed on other school characteristics. Additionally, stakeholders should be aware of the characteristics that can increase or can decrease student …
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Teachers' perspectives on the unintended consequences of high stakes testing
… into three phases to verify and explore high stakes testing’s effects on teachers’ perceptions regarding classroom practices, pressure, and commitment to the educational profession. Phase I utilized previous surveys and a peer review to create a knowledge base to generate a survey instrument …
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Test Fairness in a Large-Scale High-Stakes Language Test
… examined the fairness of one large-scale high-stakes test in China—the Graduate School Entrance English Exam (GSEEE). To guide this doctoral research, I first drew on four sources of conceptual and empirical work to identify key issues encompassing test fairness. Informed by Willingham’s …
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Analysis of Georgia Elementary Principals' Perceptions of High-Stakes Testing
… of the Georgia elementary principals as high-stakes testing is utilized in the theme of accountability. The study examined 335 principals' personal and professional demographics and perceptions of the implementation of high-stakes testing. The study employed a descriptive, survey approach to …
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Play for Mortal Stakes: Funerals as Modernist Acts of Fiction
<p>The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the ritualization of death in British literature of the interwar period and its implication for narrative and genre. The authors under consideration include poets of the Great War (Robert Graves, Charles Sorley, Isaac Rosenberg, the Sitwells), and …
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Supporting and Transforming High-Stakes Investigations with Expert-Led Crowdsourcing
Expert investigators leverage their advanced skills and deep experience to solve complex investigations, but they face limits on their time and attention. In contrast, crowds of novices can be highly scalable and parallelizable, but lack expertise and may engage in vigilante behavior. In this …
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Gold, Water, and Governance: the Stakes in the Santurbán Páramo Debate
<p>Currently in Santander, Colombia, a contentious debate over the demarcation of a protective boundary of the Santurbán Páramo is underway. For the approximately 9000 páramo residents, the collateral effects of the outcome could result in dispossession of lands and livelihoods. This paper will …
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The purpose of education in an era of high-stakes testing
… purpose of education and to the impact of high-stakes testing. The six cultures of curriculum described by Joseph et al. (2000) were utilized to provide the lens through which curriculum directors could view the overall curriculum of their individual districts. For the purpose of this study, the …
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Testing and evaluation of military systems in a high stakes environment
… will not fail. In short, because of the high stakes consequences associated with the development and use of military systems, testers must adjust their testing strategies to ensure that high stakes consequences are adequately mitigated. The high consequence space is broken down into two types …
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Virginia's Implementation of Web-based High-stakes Testing in Public Education
… testing was implemented within a statewide high-stakes testing program in Virginia's public education system. Virginia's state assessments, known as the Standards of Learning (SOL) tests, were first administered to public school students in 1998 as paper-and-pencil, multiple-choice tests where …
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The Impact of High Stakes Testing on Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning
Research suggests that high stakes testing impacts teachers' decisions regarding curriculum and instruction, which, in turn, impacts student learning. Because Virginia administered SOL tests for Computer/Technology, then discontinued them, a study was possible comparing teachers' perceptions and …
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Are value-added models for high-stakes teacher accountability arbitrary and capricious?
… these evaluations will be used to inform high-stakes decisions about teacher salary and retention. However, value-added models are imperfect tools for assessing teacher effectiveness, and many scholars have argued that they are not appropriate for use in high-stakes decisions. This Article …
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Analytics-Enabled Quality and Safety Management Methods for High-Stakes Manufacturing Applications
Quality management is a critical aspect of the management of manufacturing processes, particularly in industries where product reliability and safety are paramount. With increased digitization and automation, there is growing potential for analytical tools combined with ubiquitous data to aid the …
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Assessing Undergraduate Business Students' Oral Communication Apprehension: Implications of Stakes and Situations
… as well as those in respective high (and low) stakes situations meant to reflect the stress-inducing scenarios they will likely experience on the job after graduation. Results indicate OCA is significantly sensitive to situational variables (e.g., stakes). Results are discussed in the framework …
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The Influence of High-Stakes Accountability Policy on Teacher Job Satisfaction and Turnover
… the impact of teacher stress related to high-stakes testing and educational policy changes on teacher turnover. Predictors of teacher turnover such as demographics, stress, educational policy changes, commitment to organization, and school climate were examined in this online survey study. Job …
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Perceptions of Middle and High School Principals in Virginia on High-Stakes Testing
… school principals in Virginia regarding high-stakes testing. Perceptions were assessed regarding unintended consequences impacting the principals' role and their alignment with professional and scholarly literature. There were 22 findings emerging from this study. One of the findings revealed …
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