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Irina Bauer; Tanja Kunz; Tobias Gummer – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2025
In web surveys, no interviewer is present to clarify question comprehension problems, which can be particularly prevalent among respondents with low literacy skills. Although plain language is used in various contexts to improve text comprehensibility, its use in social science questionnaires has not been investigated to date. Using a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Surveys, Data Collection, Questionnaires
Phelps, Richard P. – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2016
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute has released a report, "Evaluating the Content and Quality of Next Generation Assessments," ostensibly an evaluative comparison of four testing programs, the Common Core derived SBAC and PARCC, ACT's Aspire, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' MCAS. Of course, anyone familiar with Fordham's past work…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Tests, Evaluation Research, Standardized Tests
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Riley, Nigel R. – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2006
This study is concerned with evaluating critical learning of 10-11 year-old students studying global citizenship through an online discussion environment. The evaluation is based on analysing the use of language as both a social reasoning tool and cognitive learning tool. Evaluation methods use: (1) content analysis of the online discussion…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Concept Mapping, Computer Mediated Communication, Content Analysis