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Direct linkA. Lopez, Alexis – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2023
In this study, I examined how 34 Spanish-speaking English language learners (ELLs) used their linguistic resources (English and Spanish) and language modes (oral and written language) to demonstrate their knowledge of proportional reasoning in a dual language mathematics assessment task. The assessment allows students to see the item in both…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, English Language Learners, Language Usage, Mathematics Instruction
Liu, Ou Lydia; Mao, Liyang; Frankel, Lois; Xu, Jun – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2016
Critical thinking is a learning outcome highly valued by higher education institutions and the workforce. The Educational Testing Service (ETS) has designed a next generation assessment, the HEIghten™ critical thinking assessment, to measure students' critical thinking skills in analytical and synthetic dimensions. This paper introduces the…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Cognitive Tests, Test Validity, Thinking Skills
Breakstone, Joel – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2014
This article considers the design process for new formative history assessments. Over the course of 3 years, my colleagues from the Stanford History Education Group and I designed, piloted, and revised dozens of "History Assessments of Thinking" (HATs). As we created HATs, we sought to gather information about their cognitive validity,…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Formative Evaluation, Tests, Correlation
Mercier, Kevin; Silverman, Stephen – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this investigation was to develop an instrument that has scores that are valid and reliable for measuring students' attitudes toward fitness testing. Method: The method involved the following steps: (a) an elicitation study, (b) item development, (c) a pilot study, and (d) a validation study. The pilot study included 427…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Measurement Techniques, Program Validation
Download full textObaid, Rana – English Language Teaching, 2016
This small-scale mixed method research focuses on investigating the way Preparatory Year English Program (PYEP) female students in a Saudi tertiary level institution context are assessed and how they are advanced from level three (Pre-intermediate) and level four (Intermediate). A four-point agreement scale survey was conducted with fifteen…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Hicks, Terence; Lewis, Leontye; Munn, Geraldine; Jordon, Earlyn; Charles, Kelly – College Quarterly, 2010
This study assessed teacher education students' perceptions and satisfaction of their learning experiences concerning an accelerated summer pilot program. In addition, the study provided information on the impact and teaching effectiveness of the accelerated teacher education summer pilot program on participating students. Results from this study…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Student Attitudes, Textbooks, Pilot Projects
Ferrao, Maria – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2010
The Bologna Declaration brought reforms into higher education that imply changes in teaching methods, didactic materials and textbooks, infrastructures and laboratories, etc. Statistics and mathematics are disciplines that traditionally have the worst success rates, particularly in non-mathematics core curricula courses. This research project,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Technology, Educational Assessment
Bulut, Mehmet – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2007
The purpose of this study was to analyze the newly developed elementary school (grades 1 through 8) mathematics curriculum by considering 5th grade students' and classroom teachers' views. The analysis of the curriculum was realized in three dimensions; (1) Classroom management--classroom physical and emotional environments, teacher and student…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics, Curriculum Development
Hecht, Deborah; Tittle, Carol Kehr – 1990
The Mathematics Assessment Questionnaire was designed to sample thoughts and feelings of students in grades 7 through 9 in relation to solving mathematical word problems. Test development studies began in 1986-87 with a review of research and literature and the writing of sample statements that were evaluated by 16 experienced teachers and…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Data Collection, Grade 7, Grade 8
