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Stoevenbelt, Andrea H.; Wicherts, Jelte M.; Flore, Paulette C.; Phillips, Lorraine A. T.; Pietschnig, Jakob; Verschuere, Bruno; Voracek, Martin; Schwabe, Inga – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2023
When cognitive and educational tests are administered under time limits, tests may become speeded and this may affect the reliability and validity of the resulting test scores. Prior research has shown that time limits may create or enlarge gender gaps in cognitive and academic testing. On average, women complete fewer items than men when a test…
Descriptors: Timed Tests, Gender Differences, Item Response Theory, Correlation
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Reed, Helen C.; Gemmink, Michelle; Broens-Paffen, Marije; Kirschner, Paul A.; Jolles, Jelle – Research in Mathematics Education, 2015
Developing fluency in arithmetic facts is instrumental to mathematics learning. This study compares the effects of two practice conditions on children's fluency in simple multiplication facts. Third and fourth graders in the Netherlands (N = 282) practised in either a conventional "recall" condition where they produced answers to…
Descriptors: Multiplication, Problem Solving, Recall (Psychology), Multiple Choice Tests
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Dekker, Truus – Mathematics Teacher, 2007
This article describes the use of a Dutch pyramid model that may help teachers design assessment problems that go beyond reproduction and need mathematization, generalization, and insight. (Contains 4 figures.)
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematical Models, Foreign Countries