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Morrison, Keith – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2013
This paper reviews the literature on comparing online and paper course evaluations in higher education and provides a case study of a very large randomised trial on the topic. It presents a mixed but generally optimistic picture of online course evaluations with respect to response rates, what they indicate, and how to increase them. The paper…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Course Evaluation, Case Studies, Higher Education
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Donnellan, M. Brent – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2008
The properties of the achievement goal inventories developed by Grant and Dweck (2003) and Elliot and McGregor (2001) were evaluated in two studies with a total of 780 participants. A four-factor specification for the Grant and Dweck inventory did not closely replicate results published in their original report. In contrast, the structure of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Psychometrics, Program Validation, Achievement Rating
DeMars, Christine E. – Online Submission, 2005
Several methods for estimating item response theory scores for multiple subtests were compared. These methods included two multidimensional item response theory models: a bi-factor model where each subtest was a composite score based on the primary trait measured by the set of tests and a secondary trait measured by the individual subtest, and a…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Multidimensional Scaling, Correlation, Scoring Rubrics
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Pask, Judith M.; Saunders, E. Stewart – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2004
A basic tenet of information literacy programs is that the skills needed to use computers and the skills needed to find and evaluate information are two separate sets of skills. Outside the library this is not always the view. The claim is sometimes made that information skills are acquired by learning computer skills. All that is needed is a…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Information Literacy, Information Skills, Computer Literacy
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Cantrell, Pamela – School Science and Mathematics, 2003
The difference in gain scores produced by traditional pretests and those produced by retrospective pretests when compared to posttest scores on the Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument for preservice teachers was investigated in this study. Results indicated that gain scores using the traditional pretest produced significant improvement in…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Validity, Scores, Preservice Teachers
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Genovese, Jeremy E. C. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2005
In this study, the author tested the reliability, concurrent validity, and predictive validity of three hemispheric cognitive style instruments: (a) the Preference Test (PT; R. Zenhausern, 1978), (b) the Polarity Questionnaire (PQ; B. E. Morton, 2002), and (c) the Wagner Preference Inventory II (WAPI II; R. F. Wagner & K. A. Wells, 1985).…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Item Analysis, Psychometrics, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques