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Hakelind, Camilla; Sundström, Anna E. – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2022
Finding valid and reliable ways to assess complex clinical skills within psychology is a challenge. Recently, there have been some examples of applying Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) in psychology for making such assessments. The aim of this study was to examine students' and examiners' perceptions of a digital OSCE in…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Clinical Psychology, Student Evaluation
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Scotti di Uccio, Umberto; Colantonio, Arturo; Galano, Silvia; Marzoli, Irene; Trani, Fabio; Testa, Italo – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
We present the design, statistical analysis, and validation of a questionnaire to assess students' knowledge about basic aspects of quantum mechanics (QM). The QM evaluation (QME) is a true-false and multiple-choice mixed questionnaire that features 10 two-tier items spanning three relevant themes in quantum mechanics: wave behavior of matter,…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Test Construction, Test Validity, Quantum Mechanics
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Vorstenbosch, Marc A. T. M.; Bouter, Shifra T.; van den Hurk, Marianne M.; Kooloos, Jan G. M.; Bolhuis, Sanneke M.; Laan, Roland F. J. M. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2014
Assessment is an important aspect of medical education because it tests students' competence and motivates them to study. Various assessment methods, with and without images, are used in the study of anatomy. In this study, we investigated the use of extended matching questions (EMQs). To gain insight into the influence of images on the…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Anatomy, Medical Students, Visual Aids
Nielsen, Jorgen – Engl Quart, 1970
Reprinted from "The BC English Teacher, April 1969. (SW)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Literature, Literature Appreciation, Objective Tests
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). Documentation Center for Education in Europe. – 1971
The major part of this bulletin consists of two studies on the place of examinations in the school system. In a long paper (28 pages) on "New Techniques for Assessment of Pupils' Work," A.D.C. Peterson discusses: (1) efforts to improve reliability by the use of objective tests, improved marking procedures, and better standardization; (2)…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Grading, Higher Education
D'Oyley, Vincent R.; Scott, Douglas M. – Engl Quart, 1970
Discussion of the attributes of the "Canadian English Language Achievement Test ; paper presented at annual convention of Canadian Council of Teachers of English (1st, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, August 1968). (RD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, English Education, Language Skills, Objective Tests
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Langer, Judith A.; Pradl, Gordon M. – Language Arts, 1984
Discusses (1) perspectives from which standardized test developers, users, and interpreters must consider test results; (2) test components that affect student test performance; (3) test abuses that contribute to the shortening of tests; and (4) how educators can effect a change in the increased reliance on standardized tests. (HTH)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Objective Tests, Standardized Tests
Jager, Siegfried; Duhm, Dieter – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1971
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Evaluation Criteria, Grading, Instructional Improvement
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Arrasmith, Dean G.; And Others – Journal of Educational Research, 1984
Two common strategies for assessing writing techniques and objective techniques are compared in a study of third-grade students. Student performance on selected response and constructed response test items, measuring the identification and construction of complete sentences, is compared. Results suggest that selected response items may lack…
Descriptors: Constructed Response, Early Childhood Education, Grade 3, Objective Tests
Mathews, John – 1980
The use of objective tests in higher education, both as an additional dimension to examinations and as part of the teaching and learning process, is considered. Specific concerns are the characteristics, functions, and limitations and the appropriate systems of organization and management of tests. The following types of objective items are…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Multiple Choice Tests
Connaughton, I. M. – Educ Res, 1969
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Essay Tests, Objective Tests, Predictive Validity
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Kolstad, Rosemarie K.; And Others – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1983
A study compared college students' performance on complex multiple-choice tests with scores on multiple true-false clusters. Researchers concluded that the multiple-choice tests did not accurately measure students' knowledge and that cueing and guessing led to grade inflation. (PP)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Difficulty Level, Guessing (Tests), Higher Education
Roudabush, Glenn E. – 1974
In this paper, several models for the psychometric nature of criterion-referenced tests are presented and results derived with implications for test construction, reliability and validity measures, and educational decision making. Both dichotomous and continuous underlying abilities to perform are considered. Illustrative data fitting both cases…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques
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Parker, Richard I.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1991
This study investigated the technical adequacy of 7 objective indexes of writing quality in monitoring the progress of 36 middle school students with mild disabilities over a 6-month period. Three indexes (such as "percent of legible words") were moderately correlated with holistic ratings but were not sufficiently stable over time. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Holistic Approach, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Wright, E. N.
Comparisons of students' educational performances are usually based on test and examination results. However, for such comparisons to be valid, it is suggested that evaluations must be made on some common basis since many educational and employment decisions are based on these evaluations. Standardized tests, often used when comparisons are to be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Essay Tests, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
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