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Peer reviewedShatzer, John H.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1993
A study compared the generalizability of 36 medical students' performance scores under systematically varied station times in 2 surgery end-of-clerkship performance-based examinations. Results indicated longer station length decreased generalizability of scores by decreasing variability among students' performances. Testing time was also affected.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Clinical Experience, Competency Based Education, Higher Education
Direct linkBenjamin, Sheldon; Robbins, Lisa I.; Kung, Simon – Academic Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and the Liaison Committee on Medical Education have mandated the transition from written global evaluation methods to competency-based assessments in resident and medical student training. Assessment of competency requires analysis of performance data from numerous sources. This…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Management Systems, Physicians
Download full textPadron, Eduardo J. – 1997
This memorandum reviews the implementation of new, state-mandated placement criteria at Florida's Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC). The first section focuses on placement criteria for degree-seeking students, indicating that MDCC uses scores on the Florida College Entry-Level Placement Test for making placement decisions in reading, writing,…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Preparation, Community Colleges, Criteria
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
Johnson, Nancy E.; And Others – 1994
Gifted underachievers (n=108) were compared to gifted high achievers (n=96). All children had Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Revised (WISC-R) IQ scores of 130 or greater, but underachievers were performing at or below the 50th percentile in at least one major area of achievement, whereas high achievers were at the 96th percentile or…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Gifted
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1983
This module, one of a series of 127 performance-based teacher education learning packages focusing upon specific professional competencies of vocational education teachers, deals with assessing student performance of psychomotor skills. Included in the module are learning experiences that address the following topics: important considerations…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Measurement Objectives, Measurement Techniques, Performance Tests
Stark, Pamela – 1982
This instructor's packet accompanies the learning activity package (LAP) on grooming. Contents included in the packet are a time sheet, suggested uses for the LAP, an instruction sheet, final LAP reviews, a final LAP review answer key, suggested activities, an additional resources list, and student completion cards to issue to students as an…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Check Lists, Dental Health
Hime, Kirsten – 1982
This instructor's packet accompanies the learning activity package (LAP) on shock and anaphylactic shock. Contents included in the packet are a time sheet, suggested uses for the LAP, an instruction sheet, final LAP reviews, a final LAP review answer key, suggested activities, an additional resources list, and student completion cards to issue to…
Descriptors: Allergy, Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Check Lists
Lee, Carolyn – 1982
This instructor's packet accompanies the learning activity package (LAP) on using the metric system. Contents included in the packet are a time sheet, suggested uses for the LAP, an instruction sheet, final LAP reviews, a final LAP review answer key, an additional resources list, a word game (handout), and student completion cards to issue to…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Check Lists, Individualized Instruction
Shephard, Roy J., Ed.; Lavallee, Hugues, Ed. – 1978
The articles contained in this book represent a transcript of proceedings of a conference on physical fitness assessment sponsored by the International Committee for Physical Fitness Research and the University of Quebec. The papers cover a wide variety of topics on fitness testing, assessment of athletic performance, improvement of school…
Descriptors: Athletics, Conference Reports, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1978
National performance for 17-year-olds in school, 17-year-olds not in school and young adults aged 26-35 in the area of career and occupational development (COD) was assessed to determine whether or not education status and career development skills are related. Within each of the groups, performance of various subgroups was examined, defined by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Age Groups, Basic Skills
Elford, George – 1977
A number of significant policy issues related to the use of competency tests in basic skills as a requirement for high school graduation are discussed. Issues contributing to the interest in this practice include test score decline, the widespread offering of electives in high school, the complaints of employers about the skill level of high…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Graduation Requirements
Popham, W. James; Husek, T. R. – J Educ Meas, 1969
Research partially supported by the UCLA Center for the Study of Evaluation of Instructional Programs.
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation Criteria, Item Analysis, Measurement
Heppa, Victor – 1978
This student manual is concerned with the practical application of mathematics as used by masons. The manual's design allows students to work at their own pace. Included in each of the five units are individual lesson sheets with written instructions and explanations. Each information sheet states that topic's objectives, information about the…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Bricklaying, Computation, Decimal Fractions
Winston, Nancy – 1978
This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on developing programs for preschool children is the third in a set of four modules on establishing occupational programs in human development. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education…
Descriptors: Answer Keys, Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Objectives, Home Economics Education
