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Gao, Xuliang; Ma, Wenchao; Wang, Daxun; Cai, Yan; Tu, Dongbo – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2021
This article proposes a class of cognitive diagnosis models (CDMs) for polytomously scored items with different link functions. Many existing polytomous CDMs can be considered as special cases of the proposed class of polytomous CDMs. Simulation studies were carried out to investigate the feasibility of the proposed CDMs and the performance of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Models, Test Items, Scoring
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Lawrence T. DeCarlo – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2024
A psychological framework for different types of items commonly used with mixed-format exams is proposed. A choice model based on signal detection theory (SDT) is used for multiple-choice (MC) items, whereas an item response theory (IRT) model is used for open-ended (OE) items. The SDT and IRT models are shown to share a common conceptualization…
Descriptors: Test Format, Multiple Choice Tests, Item Response Theory, Models
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Zhang, Mengxue; Heffernan, Neil; Lan, Andrew – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2023
Automated scoring of student responses to open-ended questions, including short-answer questions, has great potential to scale to a large number of responses. Recent approaches for automated scoring rely on supervised learning, i.e., training classifiers or fine-tuning language models on a small number of responses with human-provided score…
Descriptors: Scoring, Computer Assisted Testing, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Tests
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Wu, Haiyan; Liang, Xinya; Yürekli, Hülya; Becker, Betsy Jane; Paek, Insu; Binici, Salih – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2020
The demand for diagnostic feedback has triggered extensive research on cognitive diagnostic models (CDMs), such as the deterministic input, noisy output "and" gate (DINA) model. This study explored two Q-matrix specifications with the DINA model in a statewide large-scale mathematics assessment. The first Q-matrix was developed based on…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Cognitive Measurement, Models, Test Items
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Qi Huang; Daniel M. Bolt; Weicong Lyu – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2024
Large scale international assessments depend on invariance of measurement across countries. An important consideration when observing cross-national differential item functioning (DIF) is whether the DIF actually reflects a source of bias, or might instead be a methodological artifact reflecting item response theory (IRT) model misspecification.…
Descriptors: Test Items, Item Response Theory, Test Bias, Test Validity
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Patel, Nirmal; Sharma, Aditya; Shah, Tirth; Lomas, Derek – Journal of Educational Data Mining, 2021
Process Analysis is an emerging approach to discover meaningful knowledge from temporal educational data. The study presented in this paper shows how we used Process Analysis methods on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test data for modeling and predicting student test-taking behavior. Our process-oriented data exploration…
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, National Competency Tests, Evaluation Methods, Prediction
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Chengyu Cui; Chun Wang; Gongjun Xu – Grantee Submission, 2024
Multidimensional item response theory (MIRT) models have generated increasing interest in the psychometrics literature. Efficient approaches for estimating MIRT models with dichotomous responses have been developed, but constructing an equally efficient and robust algorithm for polytomous models has received limited attention. To address this gap,…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Accuracy, Simulation, Psychometrics
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Pham, Duy N.; Wells, Craig S.; Bauer, Malcolm I.; Wylie, E. Caroline; Monroe, Scott – Applied Measurement in Education, 2021
Assessments built on a theory of learning progressions are promising formative tools to support learning and teaching. The quality and usefulness of those assessments depend, in large part, on the validity of the theory-informed inferences about student learning made from the assessment results. In this study, we introduced an approach to address…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Middle School Students
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Ma, Wenchao; de la Torre, Jimmy – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2019
Solving a constructed-response item usually requires successfully performing a sequence of tasks. Each task could involve different attributes, and those required attributes may be "condensed" in various ways to produce the responses. The sequential generalized deterministic input noisy "and" gate model is a general cognitive…
Descriptors: Test Items, Cognitive Measurement, Models, Hypothesis Testing
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Lin, Jing-Wen; Yu, Ruan-Ching – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2022
Modelling ability is one of the essential elements of the latest educational reforms, and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is a curriculum-based assessment which allows educational systems worldwide to inspect the curricular influences. The aims of this study were to examine the role of modelling ability in the…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Educational Change, Cross Cultural Studies, Test Items
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Dogan, Adem; Tertemiz, Nese Isik – International Education Studies, 2019
The concept of fraction and the concepts related to the fraction have an important place in primary and secondary school education programs. In this respect, primary school teachers need to be careful about the concept and sub-meaning of the fraction. In this study, general survey model was used to determine the level of knowledge of the primary…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Fractions, Foreign Countries, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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von Davier, Matthias; Tyack, Lillian; Khorramdel, Lale – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2023
Automated scoring of free drawings or images as responses has yet to be used in large-scale assessments of student achievement. In this study, we propose artificial neural networks to classify these types of graphical responses from a TIMSS 2019 item. We are comparing classification accuracy of convolutional and feed-forward approaches. Our…
Descriptors: Scoring, Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Elementary Secondary Education
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Kim, Nana; Bolt, Daniel M. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2021
This paper presents a mixture item response tree (IRTree) model for extreme response style. Unlike traditional applications of single IRTree models, a mixture approach provides a way of representing the mixture of respondents following different underlying response processes (between individuals), as well as the uncertainty present at the…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Response Style (Tests), Models, Test Items
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Liao, Xiangyi; Bolt, Daniel M. – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2021
Four-parameter models have received increasing psychometric attention in recent years, as a reduced upper asymptote for item characteristic curves can be appealing for measurement applications such as adaptive testing and person-fit assessment. However, applications can be challenging due to the large number of parameters in the model. In this…
Descriptors: Test Items, Models, Mathematics Tests, Item Response Theory
Yanan Feng – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation aims to investigate the effect size measures of differential item functioning (DIF) detection in the context of cognitive diagnostic models (CDMs). A variety of DIF detection techniques have been developed in the context of CDMs. However, most of the DIF detection procedures focus on the null hypothesis significance test. Few…
Descriptors: Effect Size, Item Response Theory, Cognitive Measurement, Models
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