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Peer reviewedMasters, Geofferey N. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1984
DICOT, a computer program for the Rasch analysis of classroom tests, is described. Results are presented in a self-explanatory form. Person ability and item difficulty estimates are expressed in a familiar metric. Person and item fit statistics provide a diagnosis of individual children and identification of problematic items. (Author/DWH)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Foreign Countries, Item Analysis, Latent Trait Theory
Prendergast, Wilfred Francis – 1984
This study investigated problem solving skills in mechanics problems that required the use of diagrams. These skills were examined in two ways. First, the study examined student problem solving skills using solution scripts from the Western Australian Tertiary Admission Examination in physics. Solution attempts by students in the 1978 and 1979…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Heuristics, Masters Theses
