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Tobias Haug; Franz Holzknecht; Wolfgang Mann – Language Education & Assessment, 2024
This study investigated through an online survey how sign language practitioners changed their sign language assessment practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey consisted of five sections and 29 questions overall. It was provided in written English and German as well as in International Sign and was administered online between October…
Descriptors: Sign Language, COVID-19, Pandemics, Evaluation
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Hogenboom, Sally A. M.; Hermans, Felienne F. J.; Van der Maas, Han L. J. – Computer Science Education, 2022
Background and Context: Valid assessment of understanding of programming concepts in primary school children is essential to implement and improve programming education. Objective: We developed and validated the Computerized Adaptive Programming Concepts Test (CAPCT) with a novel application of Item Response Theory. The CAPCT is a web-based and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Programming, Knowledge Level
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Jansen, Renée S.; van Leeuwen, Anouschka; Janssen, Jeroen; Kester, Liesbeth; Kalz, Marco – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2017
The number of students engaged in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is increasing rapidly. Due to the autonomy of students in this type of education, students in MOOCs are required to regulate their learning to a greater extent than students in traditional, face-to-face education. However, there is no questionnaire available suited for this…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Independent Study, Questionnaires, Likert Scales
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Evers, Arnoud T.; Verboon, Peter; Klaeijsen, Andrea – British Educational Research Journal, 2017
In the current study a multi-dimensional scale that measures teacher autonomous behaviour is presented. The scale is applicable across the following educational sectors: primary education, secondary education and vocational education. Based on an elaborate literature study, four theoretically relevant dimensions of teacher autonomous behaviour…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Construction, Test Validity, Rating Scales
OECD Publishing, 2013
The Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) has been planned as an ongoing program of assessment. The first cycle of the assessment has involved two "rounds." The first round, which is covered by this report, took place over the period of January 2008-October 2013. The main features of the first cycle of…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Adults, Skills, Test Construction
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Veldkamp, Bernard P.; Verschoor, Angela J.; Eggen, Theo J. H. M. – Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 2010
Overexposure and underexposure of items in the bank are serious problems in operational computerized adaptive testing (CAT) systems. These exposure problems might result in item compromise, or point at a waste of investments. The exposure control problem can be viewed as a test assembly problem with multiple objectives. Information in the test has…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Item Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Items
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Westera, J. J.; Houtzager, B. A.; Overdiek, B.; van Wassenaer, A. G. – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2008
The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether the application of Dutch versus US test procedures and norms of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development-2nd edition (BSID-II) leads to different developmental outcomes. The BSID-II was administered to 376 preterm infants (191 males, 185 females; mean gestational age 30wks [SD 2.7], mean…
Descriptors: Premature Infants, Raw Scores, Measures (Individuals), Testing
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Martens, Rob; Hermans, Henry – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2000
Developed seven Internet-delivered tests of prior knowledge for distance education students in the Netherlands interested in gaining information about future studies. Analysis of 151 responses received through the Web site showed student appreciation of the instruments and the assessment process. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Testing, Distance Education, Evaluation Methods
Helbing, J. C. – 1974
Although this report is several years old, it explores test development in another country, specifically the Netherlands, using American-developed and normed-instruments. The development of vocational maturity tests and the adaptation of Crites' Vocational Developmental Inventory (VDI), Super's Career Development Inventory (CDI) and Westbrook's…
Descriptors: Career Development, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, High School Students
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Wijnstra, Johan M. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1984
The Eindtoets Basisonderwijs (final primary school test) is a Dutch national achievement test taken annually by 90,000 pupils. This article overviews the Dutch educational system and describes this testing program, emphasizing test equating methods. Evaluation findings from 1980 and resulting changes in test content and evaluation reports are also…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Counseling, Elementary Secondary Education, Equated Scores
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Hazenberg, Suzanne; Hulstijn, Jan H. – Applied Linguistics, 1996
Investigates how many words of the Dutch language, and which words, an adult nonnative speaker must know receptively in order to understand first-year university reading materials. Assessment of the representativeness of a list of 23,550 words and administration of a 140-item multiple-choice vocabulary test indicated that a minimum of 10,000 base…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Dictionaries, Dutch, Foreign Countries
van den Berg, Gerald; And Others – 1986
This paper examines possible explanations for the fact that evaluation results are rarely used. Most explanatory factors for use of results in decision making mentioned in the literature have been clustered in three categories of variables. They concern: (1) the making of decisions about the practical problem; (2) the way in which evaluation is…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Decision Making
Falk, Barbara – 1984
This report states the issues involved in the use of communicative tests, oral and written, to assess grammatical correctness among students of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Experience with two English tests administered at the beginning and end of the practice teaching period of Dutch students training to become EFL teachers indicates…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grammar
van Houten, Carel A. – 1980
A "teacher referenced" test system is discussed in terms of its development, evaluation of implementation, and final validation. This diagnostic test system for problems in primary mathematics in Holland provides reliable, applicable information about both the learning process for the classroom teacher, and diagnostic instruments and…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Foreign Countries
van Roosmalen, Willem M. M. – 1983
The construction of objective tests for native language reading comprehension is described. The tests were designed for the early secondary school years in several kinds of schools, vocational and non-vocational. The description focuses on the use of the Rasch model in test development, to develop a large pool of homogenous items and establish…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Difficulty Level, Foreign Countries, Item Banks
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