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Measuring Competencies Built through Participation in Odyssey of the Mind: A Study of a Region in a Southern State
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Bias, Sheri K.; Bias, Justin T.; Beckerdite, Kimberly – Journal of Education, 2020
Odyssey of the Mind is an international creative problem-solving program that allows participants to engage in spontaneous thinking and long-term analytical activities. This program has been in existence for 40 years and involved thousands of participants from around the globe. In September 2018, coaches and judges from a region in a Southern…
Descriptors: Creativity, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills
What Are We Aligning Tests to When We Report Test Alignment to the CEFR?
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Harsch, Claudia; Hartig, Johannes – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2015
The study reported here investigates the validity of judgments made when aligning tests to the "Common European Framework of Reference" (CEFR). Listening tests operationalizing pre-defined difficulty-determining characteristics were to be aligned to CEFR levels. We employed a modified version of the item-descriptor-matching-method. Ten…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Listening Comprehension Tests, Language Tests, Alignment (Education)
Gender Equity in College Coaching and Administration: Perceived Barriers Report, 2008-2009
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Bracken, Nicole – National Collegiate Athletic Association (NJ1), 2009
This report is the second study conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to measure career aspirations and perceptions of careers in intercollegiate athletics among females. This study seeks to provide NCAA policymakers, conference offices and member institutions with detailed information on the perceptions and concerns of…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Females, Sex Fairness, Athletic Coaches
A Profile of CEDA Debate Critics.
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Dudczak, Craig A.; Day, Donald L. – 1989
A study was conducted to develop a taxonomy of decision criteria employed by Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) debate critics. Four hypothesis characteristics were tested: (1) audience-centered critics would have a higher proportion of presentational remarks than analytic-centered critics; (2) audience-centered critics would devote a…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Correlation, Debate, Debate Format
Generalizability, Validity, and Examinee Perceptions of a Computer-Delivered Formulating-Hypotheses Test. GRE Board Professional Report No. 90-02aP.
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Bennett, Randy Elliot; Rock, Donald A. – 1993
Formulating-Hypotheses (F-H) items present a situation and ask the examinee to generate as many explanations for it as possible. This study examined the generalizability, validity, and examinee perceptions of a computer-delivered version of the task. Eight F-H questions were administered to 192 graduate students. Half of the items restricted…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Difficulty Level, Generalizability Theory, Graduate Students
Multidisciplinary Institute for Child Sexual Abuse Intervention and Treatment Project. Annual Report: Innovations in Protective Services, September 1, 1983 through August 31, 1984.
Texas State Dept. of Human Resources, Austin. Office of Programs. – 1984
Part I of this report describes processes used to develop and implement the 2-year Multidisciplinary Institute for Child Sexual Abuse Intervention and Treatment Project. The underlying focus of the 5-day training sessions is a team approach to investigation, intervention, and treatment. A process description discusses the impetus for the project…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Children, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education