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Coulter, Shannon E. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2012
Minimal evidence exists regarding the retrospective pretest's effectiveness as a tool to obtain usable, indirect evidence of student learning in open admissions institutions. The researcher conducted this study to determine if a retrospective pretest more accurately detected a change in students' knowledge compared to a conventional…
Descriptors: Evidence, Research Needs, Course Objectives, Pretests Posttests
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Eaton, Danice K.; Brener, Nancy D.; Kann, Laura; Roberts, Alice M.; Kyle, Tonja M.; Flint, Katherine H.; Ross, Alexander L. R. – Journal of School Health, 2011
Background: School-based risk behavior surveys traditionally have been administered via paper-and-pencil. This study assessed the feasibility of conducting in-class online surveys in US high schools. Methods: A paper-and-pencil questionnaire assessing computer availability and perceptions of online surveys was mailed to a nationally representative…
Descriptors: High Schools, Intervals, Principals, Mail Surveys
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Shirvani, Hosin – American Secondary Education, 2009
The participants in this study were high school Hispanic students from four geometry classes. All students were taught by the same teacher, and the duration of the experiment was for one term or six weeks. Two classes were placed in the control group and another two classes in the experimental group. In the control group, students took weekly…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Tests
Kim, Do-Hong; Huynh, Huynh – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2007
This study examined comparability of student scores obtained from computerized and paper-and-pencil formats of the large-scale statewide end-of-course (EOC) examinations in the two subject areas of Algebra and Biology. Evidence in support of comparability of computerized and paper-based tests was sought by examining scale scores, item parameter…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Measures (Individuals), Biology, Algebra