NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Shinohara, Masako; Horoiwa, Akira – Educational Research, 2021
Background: The assessment of cross-curricular skills is gaining attention in many countries. In Japan, the 'Information Literacy Survey for Upper Secondary Students' (the ILSUS) was designed to measure information literacy through Computer-Based Testing (CBT). It was the first large-scale survey based on Item Response Theory (IRT) implemented by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Interdisciplinary Approach, Skill Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
He, Qingping – Educational Research, 2012
Background: Although on-demand testing is being increasingly used in many areas of assessment, it has not been adopted in high stakes examinations like the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) and General Certificate of Education Advanced level (GCE A level) offered by awarding organisations (AOs) in the UK. One of the major issues…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests, Time Perspective
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hargreaves, Melanie; Shorrocks-Taylor, Diane; Swinnerton, Bronwen; Tait, Kenneth; Threlfall, John – Educational Research, 2004
This paper reports on the results of a study of English children's performance on a computer mathematics assessment compared with a pencil-and-paper assessment. Two matched samples of children were each assessed on one of two mathematics pencil-and-paper tests and assessed a month later on a cloned computer test. The performance scores were better…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Scores
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Slee, Phillip T.; Mohyla, Jury – Educational Research, 2007
Background: The evidence is now quite clear that bullying in schools is an international problem. Bullying is widely regarded as a particularly destructive form of aggression, with harmful physical, social and emotional outcomes for all involved (bullies, victims and bystanders), and with particular risks for children with special needs. The…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Antisocial Behavior, Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Testing