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Validity, Reliability and Viability of Pre-School Educators' Use of Early Years Toolbox Early Numeracy
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Howard, Steven J.; Neilsen-Hewett, Cathrine; de Rosnay, Marc; Melhuish, Edward C.; Buckley-Walker, Kellie – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2022
There is need and opportunity for assessments that support quick and playful--yet also accurate, rigorous and developmentally sensitive--appraisals of early numeracy. Ideally, these should be accessible to those who have opportunity to support children's learning development and ultimately shift children's trajectories. The iPad-based "Early…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Numeracy, Preschool Children, Handheld Devices
Developing and Validating a Second Language Pragmatics Aptitude Test
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Sedaghatgoftar, Nasrin; Karimi, Mohammad N.; Babaii, Esmat; Reiterer, Susanne M. – Cogent Education, 2019
The present study aimed at developing a second language pragmatic aptitude test. To do so, the relevant literature was consulted, different components contributing to pragmatics aptitude were identified and tabulated and test items were developed for each component. The outcome was a test comprising four sections, i.e. memory for pragmatic rule…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Aptitude Tests, Pragmatics, Test Construction
Test Review: The Modern Language Aptitude Test (Paper-and-Pencil Version)
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Sasaki, Miyuki – Language Testing, 2012
The Modern Language Aptitude Test (Paper-and-Pencil Version, henceforth, the MLAT) measures "an individual's ability to learn a foreign language." It targets English-speaking adults (over Grade 9) who are literate. The test has only one form, which has not changed since it was first published by the Psychological Corporation in 1959. The test can…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Test Reviews, Rewards, Acoustics
The Validity of Mental and Motor Scores from the New Bayley Scales of Infant Development-II: A Second-Order Factor Analysis.
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Thompson, Bruce; And Others – 1994
The original "Bayley Scales of Infant Development" (BSID) (Bayley 1969) have been among the most popular measures of performance and aptitude of infants. In the present study the reliability and construct validity of mental and motor scores on the revised Bayley Scales of Infant Development-II (BSID-II) were investigated. A national…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Behavior Patterns, Child Development
Keylist Items for the Measurement of Verbal Aptitude. Research Report.
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Ward, William C.; And Others – 1986
The keylist format (rather than the conventional multiple-choice format) for item presentation provides a machine-scorable surrogate for a truly free-response test. In this format, the examinee is required to think of an answer, look it up in a long ordered list, and enter its number on an answer sheet. The introduction of keylist items into…
Descriptors: Analogy, Aptitude Tests, Construct Validity, Correlation
Development and Internal-Structure Analysis of a New Pitch Discrimination Test, Worksample 740 A. Technical Report 1990-1.
Veccia, Ellen M.; Schroeder, David H. – 1990
As a measure of musical aptitude, a new 90-item Pitch Discrimination Test was developed, and its internal structure was examined. Each of the three sections of the test measures an individual's aptitude for pitch discrimination in a different frequency range using square-wave tones generated by a personal computer. A total of 1,303 examinees,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Adults, Aptitude Tests, Auditory Discrimination