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Download full textSarallah Jafaripour; Omid Tabatabaei; Hadi Salehi; Hossein Vahid Dastjerdi – International Journal of Language Testing, 2024
The purpose of this study was to examine gender and discipline-based Differential Item Functioning (DIF) and Differential Distractor Functioning (DDF) on the Islamic Azad University English Proficiency Test (IAUEPT). The study evaluated DIF and DDF across genders and disciplines using the Rasch model. To conduct DIF and DDF analysis, the examinees…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Test Items, Language Tests, Language Proficiency
Direct linkConstantinou, Filio – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2020
Written examinations represent one of the most common assessment tools in education. Though typically perceived as measurement instruments, written examinations are primarily texts that perform a communicative function. To complement existing research, this study viewed written examinations as a distinct form of communication (i.e. 'register').…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Linguistic Theory, Test Items, Item Analysis
Herro, Danielle; Quigley, Cassie; Andrews, Jessica; Delacruz, Girlie – International Journal of STEM Education, 2017
Background: The shortage of skilled workers choosing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) careers in the USA and worldwide has fueled a movement towards STEAM, in which the "A" addresses the arts and humanities. STEAM education has been proposed as a way to offer relevant problems to solve while drawing on creative and…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Art Education, Humanities, Elementary Secondary Education
