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Peer reviewedChang, Lei – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1996
The Quantitative Attitudes Questionnaire measuring graduate students' attitudes toward quantitative research methodology was developed and administered to 90 graduate students. These results and those from cross-validation with three similar samples correlated positively with quantitative examination and Graduate Record Examination mathematics…
Descriptors: Correlation, Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Mathematics Tests
Download full textWainer, Howard – 1995
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is an enormous and enormously ambitious project. It generates data of a richness and complexity beyond any simple survey. The broad utilization of the information it provides can be aided through the use of more evocative data displays. In this report, the uses to which data tables are put is…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Data Analysis, Information Dissemination, Information Utilization
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Kimmel, Ernest W. – 1997
President Clinton, like President Bush before him, has challenged the nation's schools to participate in a rigorous national test of each student's reading skills at grade 4 and mathematics skills at grade 8. Tests would be voluntary and administered by private testing companies. They would allow parents to judge the adequacy of their child's…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Elementary Education, Grade 4, Grade 8
Nandakumar, Ratna – 1994
By definition, differential item functioning (DIF) refers to unequal probabilities of a correct response to a test item by examinees from two groups when controlled for their ability differences. Simulation results are presented for an attempt to purify a test by separating out multidimensional items under the assumption that the intent of the…
Descriptors: Ability, Computer Simulation, Construct Validity, Educational Assessment
Weiten, Wayne – 1979
Two different formats for multiple-choice test items were compared in an experimental test given in a college class in introductory psychology. In one format, a question or incomplete statement was followed by four answers or completions, only one of which was correct. In the other format, the double multiple-choice version, the same questions…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Item Analysis, Multiple Choice Tests
HIBSCH, RICHARD S. – 1952
THE EFFECT OF KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS ON HIGHLY MOTIVATED SUBJECTS IN A REALISTIC TRAINING SITUATION WITH HIGHLY MEANINGFUL AND RELEVANT LEARNING MATERIAL WAS INVESTIGATED. THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DISCOVER HOW KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS COULD BE APPLIED TO IMPROVE LEARNING FROM FILMS. SUBJECTS WERE MIDSHIPMEN OF THE NROTC UNIT AT PENNSYLVANIA STATE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Audiovisual Aids, College Instruction, Feedback
PDF pending restorationMonod, Pierre; Monod, Madeleine – Proceedings: Pacific Northwest Conference on Foreign Languages, 1967
An audio-comprehension examination administered to students of French in 20 Alberta high schools is discussed here. The examination is briefly described and evaluated in terms of validity, reliability, emphasis, economy, and ease of scoring and administering. Also given are brief recommendations for test improvement, resulting from an analysis of…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Auditory Tests, Evaluation, French
Campbell, David P. – 1969
A list of 11 important characteristics of interest inventories is presented. Comparisons between interest inventories are difficult to make, and those responsible for making choices between inventories must be well-informed about the entire system. Therefore, the points are discussed in the order that a system is developed--from the item pool,…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Interest Inventories, Interests, Test Construction
Molina, Huberto – 1973
The Southwest Regional Laboratory English Language and Concepts Program for Spanish Speaking Children (LCS) is designed to help Spanish speaking children produce and comprehend English language skills required in early elementary grades. The tryout exercised, under standard school conditions, the materials and procedures of the LCS instructional…
Descriptors: Attendance, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Formative Evaluation
Towne, Douglas C. – 1971
A technique for displaying and analyzing Osgood's Semantic Differential data in three -dimensional semantic space is described. The technique employs a square board, with equidistant drilled holes, in which are placed dowels of various lengths combined with labels of different shapes. Studies have found 3 major factors (Evaluation, Activity, and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Models, Rating Scales
Rechter, B. – 1971
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) that discusses an experimental aptitude test battery that measures aptitude for higher education, developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research. This battery will separate the selection of university students from the measurement of secondary school…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Educational Testing
Peer reviewedMcCloskey, D. I.; Holland, R. A. B. – Medical Education, 1976
Three groups of students were tested on the same material in three different forms of examination. They performed better in multiple-choice and in cued essay questions than in uncued essay questions. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Cues, Essay Tests
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Student Assessment. – 1999
This guide provides information about the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) and Texas end-of-course examinations. It displays and explains examples of the TAAS and end-of-course standard and optional reports to assist school personnel in understanding and interpreting student performance data as required by the Texas Education Code. The…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Exit Examinations, State Programs
Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment and Accountability Branch. – 2001
This report is intended to help parents understand the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP) and the reports it generates. The tests of the DSTP are tied to the Delaware content standards that define the knowledge and skills required for students to succeed beyond high school. In spring 2001, the DSTP reading, writing, and mathematics tests were…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Parents, Scores
Gadalla, Tahany M. – 1999
The equivalence of multiple-choice (MC) and constructed response (discrete) (CR-D) response formats as applied to mathematics computation at grade levels two to six was tested. The difference between total scores from the two response formats was tested for statistical significance, and the factor structure of items in both response formats was…
Descriptors: Computation, Constructed Response, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
