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Direct linkLi, Lexi Xiaoduo – Cogent Education, 2022
This study aims to examine how Chinese learners develop in their use and misuse of English modal verbs from Grade 7 to 9. Specifically, it examines form-function connections and explores the factors behind learners' development. The main focus is on the modal verbs "can," "could," "will," "would,"…
Descriptors: Verbs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language
Fang, Yanping – Chinese Education and Society, 2011
This article is based on a study that documented the daily work practice of an eighth-grade mathematics teacher and her colleagues at a secondary school in Shanghai when they taught the unit on geometric proofs. Four interrelated work activities were identified to highlight a pedagogy around homework errors. They form an activity system…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Stoneberg, Bert D. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2005
Results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and other large scale tests are often reported as rank ordered lists showing mean values for each of the 50 states. Using data from the 2003 State NAEP Assessment, this paper examines the standard errors associated with State NAEP scores and explains why the use of rank order…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Standardized Tests, Geographic Location, Statistical Analysis
Peer reviewedEngelhard, George, Jr. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1994
Rater errors (rater severity, halo effect, central tendency, and restriction of range) are described, and criteria are presented for evaluating rating quality based on a many-faceted Rasch (FACETS) model. Ratings of 264 compositions from the Eighth Grade Writing Test in Georgia by 15 raters illustrate the discussion. (SLD)
Descriptors: Criteria, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Download full textYen, Shu Jing; Ochieng, Charles; Michaels, Hillary; Friedman, Greg – Online Submission, 2005
The main purpose of this study was to illustrate a polytomous IRT-based linking procedure that adjusts for rater variations. Test scores from two administrations of a statewide reading assessment were used. An anchor set of Year 1 students' constructed responses were rescored by Year 2 raters. To adjust for year-to-year rater variation in IRT…
Descriptors: Test Items, Measures (Individuals), Grade 8, Item Response Theory
Cheung, K. C.; And Others – 1991
This collection of four papers deals with problem solving and the measurement of problem solving. "Climbing Up the Competence Ladder: Some Thoughts on Meaningful Assessment of Problem-Solving Tasks in the Classroom" by K. C. Cheung uses the metaphor of a competence ladder to represent the problem-solving continuum with progressive…
Descriptors: Algebra, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Educational Assessment
Birenbaum, Menucha; Tatsuoka, Kikumi K. – 1980
Much valuable information can be gained by analyzing the students' wrong responses. When a student answers a free response item she/he gives the response which she/he considers to be the correct one. Therefore, diagnosing the algorithm that led the student to his/her answer provides an important source of information for assessing his/her…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Algorithms
