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Rates, Christopher; Liu, Xiufeng; Vanzile-Tamzen, Carol; Morreale, Cathleen – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
In the fall of 2014, the University at Buffalo created a new universal Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET). The purpose of the present study was to establish the construct validity of SET items. Rasch analyses of data from 7 semesters (N=203,194 students) revealed problems with item fit indices and threshold distances. Changes to items and…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, State Universities, College Students, Teacher Effectiveness
O'Keeffe, Lisa – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2016
Language is frequently discussed as barrier to mathematics word problems. Hence this paper presents the initial findings of a linguistic analysis of numeracy skills test sample items. The theoretical perspective of multi-modal text analysis underpinned this study, in which data was extracted from the ten sample numeracy test items released by the…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Mathematics Skills, Test Items, Preservice Teachers
Shelton, Alison R.; Brown, Richard S. – Online Submission, 2008
More than 60% of all community college students are placed into remedial, non-credit bearing courses. Concerns over the lack of articulation across the K-12 and postsecondary educational systems have led to concerns over whether students have had the opportunity to learn and demonstrate the skills required for success in college level classes. To…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Student Placement, Remedial Instruction