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Pan, Yi-Ching – TESL-EJ, 2014
In much of the world, the issue of accountability and measurement of educational outcomes is highly controversial. Exit testing is part of the movement to ascertain what students have learned and hold institutions and teachers to account. However, compared to the large number of teacher washback studies, learner washback research is lacking…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Exit Examinations, Questionnaires, College Students
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Lin, Kuan-Cheng; Wei, Yu Che; Hung, Jason C. – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2012
Many studies demonstrate that Digital Game Based Learning (DGBL) can foster learning effect. The purpose of this study is to survey whether the online game in junior high school students can encourage learning effect in Taiwan's History. So, the research applied Interactive Game-based Learning System (IGLS) to junior high history teaching as an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learning Motivation, Student Attitudes, High School Students
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Chang, Chun-Yen; Yeh, Ting-Kuang; Barufaldi, James P. – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
This study explored the phenomenon of testing effect during science concept assessments, including the mechanism behind it and its impact upon a learner's conceptual understanding. The participants consisted of 208 high school students, in either the 11th or 12th grade. Three types of tests (traditional multiple-choice test, correct concept test,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Multiple Choice Tests, Climate, Misconceptions
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Chen, Yi-Hsin; Gorin, Joanna S.; Thompson, Marilyn S.; Tatsuoka, Kikumi K. – International Journal of Testing, 2008
As with any test administered across linguistically and culturally diverse groups, evidence suggesting the equivalence of score meaning across countries is needed for valid comparisons. The current study examines the cross-cultural equivalence of score interpretations from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)-1999 from…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Mathematics Tests, Foreign Countries, Equated Scores
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Wang, Tzu-Hua – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2007
The web-based formative assessment developed in this research is named Formative Assessment Module of the Web-based Assessment and Test Analysis System (FAM-WATA). FAM-WATA is a multiple-choice web-based formative assessment module containing six effective strategies: 'repeat the test', 'correct answers are not given', 'query scores', 'ask…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Supporting Students, Student Attitudes, Internet
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Chang, Shun-Wen – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2006
This study evaluates the effects of employing the linear, normalizing, and arcsine transformation methods for constructing scale scores on the Basic Competence Test (BCTEST). Tests in three subject areas (Chinese, English, and Mathematics) were studied using the data of test administrations from 2001 to 2003. The resulting scale scores for each…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Achievement Tests, Test Theory, True Scores