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Arneson, Amy – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This three-paper dissertation explores item cluster-based assessments, first in general as it relates to modeling, and then, specific issues surrounding a particular item cluster-based assessment designed. There should be a reasonable analogy between the structure of a psychometric model and the cognitive theory that the assessment is based upon.…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Test Items, Critical Thinking, Cognitive Tests
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Craig, Pippa; Gordon, Jill; Clarke, Rufus; Oldmeadow, Wendy – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2009
This study aimed to provide evidence to guide decisions on the type and timing of assessments in a graduate medical programme, by identifying whether students from particular degree backgrounds face greater difficulty in satisfying the current assessment requirements. We examined the performance rank of students in three types of assessments and…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Medical Education, Student Characteristics, Correlation
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Weiten, Wayne – Journal of Experimental Education, 1982
A comparison of double as opposed to single multiple-choice questions yielded significant differences in regard to item difficulty, item discrimination, and internal reliability, but not concurrent validity. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Educational Testing, Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests
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Mentzer, Thomas L. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1982
Evidence of biases in the correct answers in multiple-choice test item files were found to include "all of the above" bias in which that answer was correct more than 25 percent of the time, and a bias that the longest answer was correct too frequently. Seven bias types were studied. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Psychology
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Ioannidou, Mary Koutselini – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1997
Student achievement was compared for open-book and closed-book examinations taken by 72 college students in Cyprus. There were no significant differences in total examination score between the two types of tests, although those who took the closed-book examination had slightly higher scores. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Students, Educational Testing, Foreign Countries
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Saunders, Phillip – Journal of Economic Education, 1991
Discusses the content and cognitive specification of the third edition of the Test of Understanding in College Economics. Presents examples of the construction and sampling criteria employed in the latest and previous versions of the test. Explains that the test emphasizes recognition and understanding of basic terms, concepts, and principles with…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Educational Testing, Higher Education, Student Evaluation
Malarkey, Cynthia J.; Aiken, Lewis R. – 1986
The Survey of Testing Practices was administered to 470 undergraduate students at Pepperdine University and the Univesity of California Los Angeles. The items concerned testing practices in three or four classes taken the previous term: type of test, test administration, class size, procedures for returning tests, test difficulty, and observed…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Content Validity, Educational Practices, Educational Testing
Labi, Aisha – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2006
Educators in Europe are complaining about mishandled changes in a key English-language test and are demanding that the Educational Testing Service (ETS), which runs the examination, delay plans to introduce its new online format in March 2006 in more than 100 countries. Critics of the planned change in the Test of English as a foreign Language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Foreign Students, Educational Testing
Sarvela, Paul D.; Noonan, John V. – 1987
Although there are many advantages to using computer-based tests (CBTs) linked to computer-based instruction (CBI), there are also several difficulties. In certain instructional settings, it is difficult to conduct psychometric analyses of test results. Several measurement issues surface when CBT programs are linked to CBI. Testing guidelines…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Testing, Equated Scores
Milton, Ohmer – 1982
Educators are called upon to improve the quality of classroom tests to enhance the learning of content. Less faculty concern for tests than for other features of instruction, compounded by a lack of knowing how to assess different levels of learning with test questions that measure complex processes, appear to generate poor quality classroom…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Learning Activities
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Teplitz, Charles – Simulation and Games, 1983
In quantitative courses, examinations measure a small portion of the students' subject mastery, and grading is difficult. Take-home examinations test more but their development is difficult. Computer assisted test construction, where a computer generates random data within relative constraints for preprogrammed examination questions, is proposed…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Programs, Educational Testing
Underwood, David G.; Nowaczyk, Ronald H. – 1992
This paper describes the experience of the Clemson University (South Carolina) faculty in choosing and administering a commercially available standardized test to assess general education at that institution. The paper emphasizes the importance of faculty involvement in the assessment of general education and its impact on the success of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Testing, Faculty College Relationship
Terwilliger, James S. – 1991
This paper clarifies important distinctions in item writing and item scoring and considers the implications of these distinctions for developing guidelines related to test construction for training teachers. The terminology used to describe and classify paper and pencil test questions frequently confuses two distinct features of questions:…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Testing, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques
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Check, John F. – College Student Journal, 1982
Surveyed student attitudes on modes of testing and evaluation. Data from 476 college students revealed that multiple-choice test items and short answer essays were most preferred. Found grade point average related to study habits and preparation for and determinant of student preferences regarding tests. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods
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Holley, Charles D.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1979
College students were trained on a hierarchical mapping technique designed to facilitate prose processing. The students studied a geology passage and five days later were given four types of tests. The treatment group significantly outperformed a control group; the major differences were attributable to concept cloze and essay exams. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Educational Testing, Essay Tests, Higher Education
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