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Barnett, Elisabeth A.; Reddy, Vikash – Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness, 2017
Many postsecondary institutions, and community colleges in particular, require that students demonstrate specified levels of literacy and numeracy before taking college-level courses. Typically, students have been assessed using two widely available tests--ACCUPLACER and Compass. However, placement testing practice is beginning to change for three…
Descriptors: Student Placement, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Practices, Computer Assisted Testing
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Kopp, Veronika; Stark, Robin; Heitzmann, Nicole; Fischer, Martin R. – Evaluation & Research in Education, 2009
To foster medical students' diagnostic knowledge a case-based worked example approach was implemented in the context of a computer-based learning environment. Thirty medical students were randomly assigned to the condition "with erroneous examples", and 31 students learned with correct examples. Diagnostic knowledge was operationalised…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Multiple Choice Tests, Independent Study
Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This volume of the 30th annual proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference presents: plenary panel papers; research forum papers; short oral communication papers; and poster presentation papers from the meeting. Information relating to discussion groups and working sessions is also provided.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Mathematics Instruction