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Postgraduate Education in Higher Education. University Development and Administration Series
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Padró, Fernando F., Ed.; Erwee, Ronal, Ed.; Harmes, Meredith A., Ed.; Harmes, Marcus K., Ed.; Danaher, Patrick Alan, Ed. – Springer, 2018
This handbook brings together contributors from the United States, Australasia and Europe who use theoretical insights and empirical data to examine current practices as well as possible future directions of postgraduate education. A full range of postgraduate study options are explored, including PhD and professional doctorates, masters awards,…
Descriptors: Postdoctoral Education, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Educational Practices
Handbook of Polytomous Item Response Theory Models
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Nering, Michael L., Ed.; Ostini, Remo, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2010
This comprehensive "Handbook" focuses on the most used polytomous item response theory (IRT) models. These models help us understand the interaction between examinees and test questions where the questions have various response categories. The book reviews all of the major models and includes discussions about how and where the models…
Descriptors: Guides, Item Response Theory, Test Items, Correlation
Library Science Students' Commitment to Library Service for Older Adults.
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Denis, Laurent-G.; Nauratil, Marcia J. – Journal of Education for Librarianship, 1984
Entering M.L.S. students, University of Toronto, were tested to elicit preference regarding provision of library service to older adults (theory-in-use) and degree of agreement with "The Library's Responsibility to the Aging" statement (espoused theory). Statistical analysis indicated no significant incongruence between students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Hypothesis Testing
Teaching Research Methods: Students' Cognitive Complexity and Demand for Structure.
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Harris, Roma M.; Ross, Catherine L. – Journal of Education for Librarianship, 1984
Results of investigation of M.L.S. degree students' needs for structure in required research methods course support hypothesis that, when exposed to such a course taught under low structure conditions, students with simple cognitive style would express demand for greater structure than would students with relatively complex cognitive style. (12…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Graduate Study
Competence and Task Allocation in a Simulated Work Environment: Its Consequences for Individual and Organizational Performance.
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Etzion, Dalia; Segev, Eli – Simulation and Games, 1984
Describes a study which used a graduate-level business game to examine consequences of objectively determined fit between managers' specialized competence and their functional roles in terms of individual and group performance. The game simulates a work environment of top-level management in industrial firms with responsibility for making…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Competence, Difficulty Level, Educational Games
Comparative Validity of the GRE-Analytical Test.
Mowsesian, Richard; Hays, William L. – 1985
The predictive validity of the revised Graduate Record Examination Analytical Test (GRE-A) was compared with the experimental form of the GRE-A, in terms of graduate school admissions as well as advancement to Ph.D. candidacy decisions. Prior to 1974 the Graduate Record Examination included just a verbal and a quantitative test; in 1974 it was…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Cognitive Tests, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Exploration of Causes of Bias in Test Items.
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Scheuneman, Janice – 1985
A number of hypotheses were tested concerning elements of Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) items that might affect the performance of blacks and whites differently. These elements were characteristics common to several items that otherwise measured different concepts. Seven general hypotheses were tested in the form of sixteen specific…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Entrance Examinations, Graduate Study, Higher Education