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Foster, Colin – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2016
Confidence assessment (CA), in which students state alongside each of their answers a confidence level expressing how certain they are, has been employed successfully within higher education. However, it has not been widely explored with school pupils. This study examined how school mathematics pupils (N?=?345) in five different secondary schools…
Descriptors: Competence, Self Efficacy, Mathematics Education, Problem Solving
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Threlfall, John; Pool, Peter; Homer, Matthew; Swinnerton, Bronwen – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2007
This article explores the effect on assessment of "translating" paper and pencil test items into their computer equivalents. Computer versions of a set of mathematics questions derived from the paper-based end of key stage 2 and 3 assessments in England were administered to age appropriate pupil samples, and the outcomes compared.…
Descriptors: Test Items, Student Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Test Validity
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Cooper, Barry – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1998
Discusses recent changes in mathematics education and assessment in England and Wales against the background of research on mathematics performance and assessment. Reports findings from qualitative research with 10- to 11-year olds undertaken with the object of exploring the validity of the pilot pencil-and-paper tests in mathematics. Contains 49…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Curriculum