NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing 10,576 to 10,590 of 10,977 results Save | Export
Simmons, Johnny O. – 1985
This study examined the need to develop reliable and valid procedures for screening large populations for possible speech and language problems and the use of the Fluharty Preschool Speech and Language Screening Test (FPSLST) as such a device. The test was administered to 260 preschool children, ages three to six. There were 166 Blacks and 94…
Descriptors: Black Students, Comprehension, Correlation, Difficulty Level
Thomas, Gregory P. – 1986
This paper argues that no single measurement strategy serves all purposes and that applying methods and techniques which allow a variety of data elements to be retrieved and juxtaposed may be an investment in the future. Item response theory, Rasch model, and latent trait theory are all approaches to a single conceptual topic. An abbreviated look…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Data Collection
Taleporos, Betsy; And Others – 1988
In the spring of 1986, New York City began using the Metropolitan Achievement Test-6 (MAT-6) series to assess achievement in mathematics as part of a continuing end-of-year testing program. During the first two years of the program, appropriate levels of the shelf version of MAT-6 (Forms L and M) were administered to second through eighth graders.…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students
Mestre, Jose – 1984
The focus of the study reported here was to investigate people's comprehension ability as a function of the number and type of negations embedded within sentences similar to those which might appear as premises in syllogisms. The subjects were one group of 11 Hispanic and four groups of Anglo students, with 15 in each Anglo group. Thirty-two…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Discourse Analysis, English, Hispanic Americans
Weeks, Joseph L. – 1981
The optimal allocation of Air Force talent requires, among other considerations, the measurement of both enlistee aptitudes and job aptitude requirements. Although objective procedures are available to measure aptitudes accurately, the procedure presently employed for establishing relative aptitude requirements is both unsystematic and subject to…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Aptitude Treatment Interaction
Kentucky State Council on Higher Education, Frankfort. – 1982
A methodology was developed for the systematic analysis of the nursing profession, as part of the Kentucky Nursing Education Project's Nursing Delineation Study. The methodology defined and ranked nursing tasks according to the degree of complexity in order to promote articulation in nursing practice and education and to better utilize the…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Education Work Relationship, Educational Objectives, Employment Qualifications
Mitman, Alexis L.; And Others – 1984
This 10-chapter report provides detailed information on a study which examined what combinations of teacher, student, and curricular variables were associated with more effective life science instruction at the intermediate level. The conception of effectiveness was guided by the normative framework of scientific literacy and by student growth on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Biological Sciences, Class Activities
Mitchell, Karen Janice – 1983
A model of verbal performance was developed which defined cognitive processes thought to underlie performance on the Word Knowledge and Paragraph Comprehension subtests of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). The items from two forms of these ASVAB verbal subtests were rated on five conceptualized cognitive storage processes:…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level
Crocker, Linda; Benson, Jeri – 1977
The initial study was based on responses of 103 examinees on an objective classroom test. Results indicated that response changes increased item difficulties as well as biserial and point biserial correlations. Test reliability was not decreased. This implies that not all students benefit from changing initial responses. The personal biserial…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Correlation, Difficulty Level, Graduate Students
Crowhurst, Marion – 1980
Research on the relationship between syntactic complexity and quality of written composition was reviewed to test the assumption that these two concepts are positively related. The studies reviewed, which have appeared during the past 15 years, fall into two broad categories: (1) intervention studies designed to increase syntactic complexity and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, Difficulty Level, Elementary Secondary Education
Connelly, F. Michael; And Others – 1978
The York University Biology Achievement Test (YUBAT) and its use in the Metropolitan Toronto (Ontario) schools were examined. YUBAT was compared with the province's grade 13 biology curriculum guideline, and with representative courses and textbooks. This analysis revealed much similarity between the test, courses, and two textbooks used. The…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrator Attitudes, Biological Sciences, Cognitive Objectives
Merz, William R.; Rudner, Lawrence M. – 1978
A variety of terms related to test bias or test fairness have been used in a variety of ways, but in this document the "fair use of tests" is defined as equitable selection procedures by means of intact tests, and "test item bias" refers to the study of separate items with respect to the tests of which they are a part. Seven…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Analysis of Variance, Difficulty Level, Evaluation Criteria
Beard, Jacob G.; Pettie, Allan L. – 1979
Test results from the Florida Educational Assessment of third and fifth grade communications and mathematics skills were used to compare linear and Rasch equating results. The samples consisted of over 5,000 cases for each grade and content area. The tests contained some items common to both the 1976 and 1977 test forms, but no fewer than 20…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level
Bell, Anita I. – 1979
An equating study was conducted on the Certifying Examination for Primary Care Physician's Assistants to compare the ability of current examinees with the standardization group and to determine if current test items are more difficult than previous items. Using 46 common items from the multiple choice section, the 1978 exam was equated to the 1976…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level, Educational Trends, Equated Scores
PDF pending restoration PDF pending restoration
Gilmer, Jerry S. – 1979
Sixty college students from classes in educational measurement were divided into two groups. Each group was administered the same criterion test except that one group received feedback after every item and the other received no feedback. The students were also divided into three ability levels. Each test item was classified two ways; by item…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Answer Keys, Answer Sheets, College Students
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  702  |  703  |  704  |  705  |  706  |  707  |  708  |  709  |  710  |  ...  |  732