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Direct linkMislevy, Robert J. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2012
This article presents the author's observations on Neil Dorans's NCME Career Award Address: "The Contestant Perspective on Taking Tests: Emanations from the Statue within." He calls attention to some points that Dr. Dorans made in his address, and offers his thoughts in response.
Descriptors: Testing, Test Reliability, Psychometrics, Scores
Download full textBraun, Henry I.; Mislevy, Robert J. – US Department of Education, 2004
Psychologist Andrea diSessa coined the term "phenomenological primitives", or p-prims, to talk about nonexperts' reasoning about physical situations. P-prims are primitive in the sense that they stand without significant explanatory substructure or explanation. Examples are "Heavy objects fall faster than light objects" and "Continuing force is…
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