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Jiang, Yang; Gong, Tao; Saldivia, Luis E.; Cayton-Hodges, Gabrielle; Agard, Christopher – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2021
In 2017, the mathematics assessments that are part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) program underwent a transformation shifting the administration from paper-and-pencil formats to digitally-based assessments (DBA). This shift introduced new interactive item types that bring rich process data and tremendous opportunities to…
Descriptors: Data Use, Learning Analytics, Test Items, Measurement
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Miha Slapnicar; Iztok Devetak; Saša A. Glažar; Jerneja Pavlin – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2017
The aim of the research was to identify how Slovenian primary and secondary school students of various age groups explain the particulate nature of the states of matter of water and air. The qualitative research included five 12, 14, and 16 year old students. A semi-structured interview including four computer-displayed tasks was used for the data…
Descriptors: Science Education, Problem Solving, Scientific Concepts, Teaching Methods
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Lin, Yung-Chi; Yang, Der-Ching; Li, Mao-Neng – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
A web-based two-tier test (WTTT-NS) which combined the advantages of traditional written tests and interviews in assessing number sense was developed and applied to assess students' answers and reasons for the questions. In addition, students' major misconceptions can be detected. A total of 1,248 sixth graders in Taiwan were selected to…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Number Concepts, Numbers, Number Systems
Bardini, Caroline; Vincent, Jill; Pierce, Robyn; King, Deborah – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2014
Despite an emphasis on manipulative algebraic techniques in secondary school algebra, many tertiary mathematics students have mastered these skills without conceptual understanding. A significant number of students with high tertiary entrance ranks enrolled in first semester university mathematics were found to have misconceptions relating to…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Undergraduate Students, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Skills
Filiz, Mehmet; Trumpower, David; Atas, Sait – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
We have been developing a digital concept maps website (www.conceptmapsforlearning.com) based on the principles of effective assessment for learning. The purpose of this paper is to reveal its promising contributions to formative evaluation practices. The website reduces the workload of teachers as well as provides immediate and delayed feedback…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Web Sites, Formative Evaluation, Student Evaluation
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Boyer, Kristy Elizabeth, Ed.; Yudelson, Michael, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2018
The 11th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2018) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Templeton Landing in Buffalo, New York. This year's EDM conference was highly competitive, with 145 long and short paper submissions. Of these, 23 were accepted as full papers and 37…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Computer Science Education, Program Proposals
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Hu, Xiangen, Ed.; Barnes, Tiffany, Ed.; Hershkovitz, Arnon, Ed.; Paquette, Luc, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2017
The 10th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2017) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Optics Velley Kingdom Plaza Hotel, Wuhan, Hubei Province, in China. This years conference features two invited talks by: Dr. Jie Tang, Associate Professor with the Department of Computer…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Graphs, Data Use
Becker, Lee A. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1988
Explores how a set of possible student misconceptions about solving a complex problem can be used in computer-based intelligent tutoring systems and in computer-based exercise and test generation. Topics discussed include expert systems, misconception covers, discrimination trees, methods of acquiring the set of misconceptions, and protocol…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Concept Formation, Expert Systems
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Browning, Mark E.; Lehman, James D. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1988
Describes a computer program presenting four genetics problems to monitor the problem solving process of college students. Identifies three main areas of difficulty: computational skills; determination of gametes; and application of previous learning to new situations. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2015
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2015-END 2015, taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 27 to 29 of June. Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks, feels and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Educational Change, Educational Trends