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West, Stephen G.; Grimm, Kevin J. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2014
These authors agree with Bainter and Bollen that causal effects represents a useful measurement structure in some applications. The structure of the science of the measurement problem should determine the model; the measurement model should not determine the science. They also applaud Bainter and Bollen's important reminder that the full…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Measurement, Test Theory, Statistical Analysis
Li, Feifei – ETS Research Report Series, 2017
An information-correction method for testlet-based tests is introduced. This method takes advantage of both generalizability theory (GT) and item response theory (IRT). The measurement error for the examinee proficiency parameter is often underestimated when a unidimensional conditional-independence IRT model is specified for a testlet dataset. By…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Generalizability Theory, Tests, Error of Measurement
Vangrieken, Katrien; Boon, Anne; Dochy, Filip; Kyndt, Eva – Frontline Learning Research, 2017
The current gap between traditional team research and research focusing on non-strict teams or groups such as teacher teams hampers boundary-crossing investigations of and theorising on teamwork and collaboration. The main aim of this study includes bridging this gap by proposing a continuum-based team concept, describing the distinction between…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Teacher Researchers, Teacher Collaboration, Questionnaires
Taskin, V.; Bernholt, S.; Parchmann, I. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2015
Chemical representations play an important role in helping learners to understand chemical contents. Thus, dealing with chemical representations is a necessity for learning chemistry, but at the same time, it presents a great challenge to learners. Due to this great challenge, it is not surprising that numerous national and international studies…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Knowledge Level, Science Instruction, Chemistry
Lieneck, Cristian; Morrison, Eileen; Price, Larry – Current Issues in Education, 2013
The Texas State University-San Marcos undergraduate healthcare administration program requires all bachelors of health administration (BHA) students to pass a comprehensive examination to demonstrate their knowledge of specific core competencies. This also demonstrates completion of their didactic coursework in order to enter a practical…
Descriptors: Exit Examinations, Health Services, Administrator Education, Psychometrics
Herman, Geoffrey Lindsay – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Instructors in electrical and computer engineering and in computer science have developed innovative methods to teach digital logic circuits. These methods attempt to increase student learning, satisfaction, and retention. Although there are readily accessible and accepted means for measuring satisfaction and retention, there are no widely…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Delphi Technique, Concept Formation, Misconceptions
Jung, Eunju; Liu, Kimy; Ketterlin-Geller, Leanne R.; Tindal, Gerald – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2008
The purpose of this study was to develop general outcome measures (GOM) in mathematics so that teachers could focus their instruction on needed prerequisite skills. We describe in detail, the manner in which content-related evidence was established and then present a number of statistical analyses conducted to evaluate the technical adequacy of…
Descriptors: Item Analysis, Test Construction, Test Theory, Mathematics Tests
Mislevy, Robert J. – 1994
Test theory encompasses models and methods for drawing inferences about what students know and can do, cast in a framework of ideas from measurement, education, and psychology. The emerging paradigm of cognitive psychology prompts new considerations about collecting and interpreting evidence, suggesting alternative models for the nature,…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Cognitive Psychology, Educational Assessment, Inferences

Balch, William R. – Teaching of Psychology, 1989
Studies the effect of item order on test scores and completion time. Students scored slightly higher when test items were grouped sequentially (relating to text and lectures) than on tests when test items were grouped by text chapter but ordered randomly, or when test items were ordered randomly. Found no differences in completion time. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Performance, Psychology

Bruno, James E.; Dirkzwager, A. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1995
Determining the optimal number of choices on a multiple-choice test is explored analytically from an information theory perspective. The analysis revealed that, in general, three choices seem optimal. This finding is in agreement with previous statistical and psychometric research. (SLD)
Descriptors: Distractors (Tests), Information Theory, Multiple Choice Tests, Psychometrics
Thomas, Julia Anne – 1985
A sample of 234 fifth- and 259 sixth-grade students scaled the items of the Piers-Harris, Tennessee, Coopersmith, and Lipsett self-concept measures. The scaling of the Piers-Harris and the Tennessee inventories was examined in reference to their subscales. The present technique placed items on a bivariate plane of two orthogonal dimensions…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Factor Structure, Intermediate Grades, Orthogonal Rotation
McKinley, Robert L.; Reckase, Mark D. – 1984
To assess the effects of correlated abilities on test characteristics, and to explore the effects of correlated abilities on the use of a multidimensional item response theory model which does not explicitly account for such a correlation, two tests were constructed. One had two relatively unidimensional subsets of items, the other had all…
Descriptors: Ability, Correlation, Factor Structure, Item Analysis
Crocker, Linda; Algina, James – 1986
This text was written to help the reader acquire a base of knowledge about classical psychometrics and to integrate new ideas into that framework of knowledge. The material is organized into five units: (1) introduction to measurement theory; (2) reliability; (3) validity; (4) item analysis in test development; and (5) test scoring and…
Descriptors: Item Analysis, Measurement Techniques, Psychometrics, Scoring
Jones, Patricia B.; Sabers, Darrell L. – 1984
Several techniques have been developed for creating continuous smooth distributions of test norms. This paper describes two studies that explore the behavior of cubic splines in order to determine their appropriateness for use in test norming. The first study uses data from the Curriculum Referenced Tests of Mastery (CRTM) and employs two…
Descriptors: Equated Scores, Goodness of Fit, Measurement Techniques, Norm Referenced Tests
Kehoe, Jerard – 1995
This digest describes some basics of the construction of multiple-choice tests. As a rule, the test maker should strive for test item stems (introductory questions or incomplete statements at the beginning of each item that are followed by the options) that are clear and parsimonious, answers that are unequivocal and chosen by the students who do…
Descriptors: Culture Fair Tests, Distractors (Tests), Educational Assessment, Item Bias
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