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Peer reviewedBrennan, Robert L. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1992
A conceptual framework and heuristic model for considering the existence, magnitude, and consequences of context effects are presented through an extension of some generalizability theory concepts. Context effects are often misunderstood, and current measurement models have serious limitations for examining them. Their importance needs to be…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Context Effect, Equated Scores, Equations (Mathematics)
Peer reviewedSchultz, Lucille M.; Laine, Chester H. – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1986
Presents an experimental primary trait rubric designed to assess a writer's support for an argument, and structured as an eleven-cell grid on which a rater can plot a student's score. Describes the grid, and its use in a study of 1,892 eleventh-grade essays. Also describes ways to use the grid to teach invention and arrangement. (JG)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Expository Writing
Appleman, Deborah – 1987
This study investigated the effects of heuristically based assignments and tests on adolescents' written responses to literature. In order to examine both tests and instruction, two separate but related experiments were conducted. Experiment 1 investigated whether the inclusion of guided prewriting on essay tests for two poems and two short…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Critical Thinking, Essay Tests, Grade 12
