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Landry, Jeffrey P.; Pardue, J. Harold; Daigle, Roy; Longenecker, Herbert E., Jr. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2013
This paper describes an instrument designed for assessing learning outcomes in data management. In addition to assessment of student learning and ABET outcomes, we have also found the instrument to be effective for determining database placement of incoming information systems (IS) graduate students. Each of these three uses is discussed in this…
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Evaluation Methods, Graduate Students, Information Systems
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Royal, Kenneth D.; Gilliland, Kurt O.; Kernick, Edward T. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2014
Any examination that involves moderate to high stakes implications for examinees should be psychometrically sound and legally defensible. Currently, there are two broad and competing families of test theories that are used to score examination data. The majority of instructors outside the high-stakes testing arena rely on classical test theory…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Scoring, Evaluation Methods, Anatomy
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Vavpotic, Damjan; Zvanut, Bostjan; Trobec, Irena – Educational Technology & Society, 2013
In modern pedagogical processes various teaching methods and approaches (elements of the pedagogical process -- EPPs) are used ranging from traditional ones (e.g., lectures, books) to more recent ones (e.g., e-discussion boards, e-quizzes). Different models for evaluation of the appropriateness of EPPs have been proposed in the past. However, the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Electronic Learning, Conventional Instruction, Intermode Differences
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Aljahni, Areej; Al-Begain, Khalid; Skinner, Heather – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2014
Part of ongoing research into the efficacy of blended learning in higher education within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The need for, and development of, a Blended Learning Environment Instrument (BLEI) are explained. This new instrument assesses student perceptions across five core aspects of blended learning environments: Infrastructure,…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Educational Environment, Program Development, Program Validation
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Kaya, Sibel; Dag, Funda – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2013
The purpose of this study was to adapt the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) Survey developed by Schmidt and colleagues into Turkish and investigate its factor structure through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The participants were 352 elementary pre-service teachers from three large universities in northwestern…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Surveys, Educational Technology
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Ramineni, Chaitanya; Trapani, Catherine S.; Williamson, David M.; Davey, Tim; Bridgeman, Brent – ETS Research Report Series, 2012
Automated scoring models for the "e-rater"® scoring engine were built and evaluated for the "GRE"® argument and issue-writing tasks. Prompt-specific, generic, and generic with prompt-specific intercept scoring models were built and evaluation statistics such as weighted kappas, Pearson correlations, standardized difference in…
Descriptors: Scoring, Test Scoring Machines, Automation, Models
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Hafezi, Soheila; Farahi, Ahmad; Mehri, Soheil Najafi; Mahmoodi, Hosein – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2010
The web is playing a central role in distance education. The word "usability" is usually synonymous with functionality of the system for the user. Also, usability of a website is defined as something that can be used by a specific group of people to carry out specific objectives in an effective way, with efficiency and satisfaction.…
Descriptors: Usability, Distance Education, Web Sites, Program Validation
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Febey, Karen; Coyne, Molly – American Journal of Evaluation, 2007
The field of program evaluation lacks interactive teaching tools. To address this pedagogical issue, the authors developed a collaborative learning technique called Program Evaluation: The Board Game. The authors present the game and its development in this practitioner-oriented article. The evaluation board game is an adaptable teaching tool…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Cooperative Learning
Morgan, Deanna L.; Michaelides, Michalis P. – College Board, 2005
Due to the high stakes that my be attached to placement decisions, it is imperative that the placement process be as solid and defensible as possible. An integral part of the placement process is the identification and use of cut scores, the point(s) on the score scale that classify students into adjacent categories for placement decisions. This…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Student Placement, Academic Standards, Scoring Formulas