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Measuring Rhythmic Ability: Validation of a Digital Rhythmic Ability Evaluation Tool (DRAET)
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Kyriazis, Dimitrios; Pavlidou, Eva; Barkoukis, Vassilis; Fotiadou, Eleni – Physical Educator, 2018
This study aimed (a) to create a digital rhythmic ability evaluation tool (DRAET) that could record, compare, and appraise coordinated motions of subjects' body parts, using accelerometer sensors with various music rhythms, and (b) to certify and validate the DRAET, compared with an accepted rhythmic ability evaluation methodology (i.e., the…
Descriptors: Perceptual Motor Coordination, Performance Tests, Test Validity, Test Reliability
Building the Vocational Phase of the Computerized Motor Skills Testing System for Use in the Electronics and Electrical Engineering Group and Hospitality Group
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Hsiao, Hsien-Sheng; Chen, Jyun-Chen; Hong, Kunde – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
Technical and vocational education emphasizes the development and training of hand motor skills. However, some problems exist in the current career and aptitude tests in that they do not truly measure the hand motor skills. This study used the Nintendo Wii Remote Controller as the testing device in developing a set of computerized testing tools to…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Psychomotor Skills, Computer Assisted Testing, Performance Tests
Serial Averaging in the Construction and Validation of Performance Tests.
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Jones, Marshall B. – 1991
The microcomputer has increased interest in performance testing, which samples what a person can do rather than what he or she knows. Conventional psychometric theory is based on knowledge tests, but in performance testing the unit of analysis is a trial, and it is unreasonable to assume that mean performance and interim correlations are…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Higher Education, Military Personnel, Performance Based Assessment
The Instructional Validity of Computer Administered Tests.
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Siskind, Theresa G.; And Others – 1992
The instructional validity of computer administered tests was studied with a focus on whether differences in test scores and item behavior are a function of instructional mode (computer versus non-computer). In the first of 3 studies, performance test scores for approximately 400 high school students in 1990-91 for tasks accomplished with the…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Comprehension, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing
Improving the Selection, Classification, and Utilization of Army Enlisted Personnel: Annual Report Synopsis, 1984 Fiscal Year.
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Human Resources Research Organization, Alexandria, VA. – 1985
This report describes technical plans and progress during the second year (Fiscal Year 1984) of work on the U.S. Army's Project A: "Improving the Selection, Classification, and Utilization of Army Enlisted Personnel." Project A is a long-range research program developed by the Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Databases, Job Performance
Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Military Testing Association (21st, San Diego, California, October 15-19, 1979).
1979
In general, the 110 conference papers discuss the selection, training, and evaluation of enlisted personnel and officer personnel, as well as the use of job, task and soft skill analysis. More specific topics are: air traffic controllers; adaptive testing; criterion-referenced testing; performance testing; contingency management; management survey…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Computer Assisted Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests