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Jung, Eun Sook; Reid, Norman – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2009
Working memory capacity has been shown to be an important factor in controlling understanding in the sciences. Attitudes related to studies in the sciences are also known to be important in relation to success in learning. It might be argued that if working memory capacity is a rate controlling feature of learning and success in understanding…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Short Term Memory, Foreign Countries, Sciences
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Preece, P. F. W. – School Science Review, 1979
Outlines some recent developments in test-item analysis which are based upon a model of educational measurement developed by the Danish mathematician Georg Rasch. Illustrations of how science teachers in the United Kingdom can use the Rasch model are also included. (HM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Measurement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods