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Koskey, Kristin L. K.; Makki, Nidaa; Ahmed, Wondimu; Garafolo, Nicholas G.; Visco, Donald P., Jr. – School Science and Mathematics, 2020
Integrating engineering into the K-12 science curriculum continues to be a focus in national reform efforts in science education. Although there is an increasing interest in research in and practice of integrating engineering in K-12 science education, to date only a few studies have focused on the development of an assessment tool to measure…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Engineering, Design, Science Education
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Boyd, Brian T. – School Science and Mathematics, 2008
Classroom tests from nine eighth-grade mathematics teachers were collected from the 2003-04 and 2005-06 school years. These years represent one school year prior to the eighth-grade Ohio Achievement Test (OAT) in mathematics being implemented and the year after the eighth-grade OAT in mathematics was implemented, respectively. In addition,…
Descriptors: Test Items, Student Evaluation, Knowledge Level, Achievement Tests
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Innabi, Hanan; Dodeen, Hamzeh – School Science and Mathematics, 2006
The purpose of this study is to analyze items that exhibit gender-related Differential Item Functioning (DIF) in Mathematics in Jordan. Data was taken from the TIMSS 1999 of Jordan, which includes responses of 5, 299 eighth grade students. Mantel-Haenszel (MH) DIF procedure was applied to 124 multiple-choice items. The results showed that 37 items…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Teaching Methods, Females