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Hamhuis, Eva; Glas, Cees; Meelissen, Martina – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2020
Over the last two decades, the educational use of digital devices, including digital assessments, has become a regular feature of teaching in primary education in the Netherlands. However, researchers have not reached a consensus about the so-called "mode effect," which refers to the possible impact of using computer-based tests (CBT)…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Foreign Countries
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van de Watering, Gerard; Gijbels, David; Dochy, Filip; van der Rijt, Janine – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2008
The purposes of this study are to gain more insight into students' actual preferences and perceptions of assessment, into the effects of these on their performances when different assessment formats are used, and into the different cognitive process levels assessed. Data were obtained from two sources. The first was the scores on the assessment of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Cognitive Processes, Pretests Posttests
Glas, Cees A. W.; Beguin, Anton A. – 1996
Recently, L. Zeng and M. J. Kolen (1995) have introduced item response theory (IRT) observed score (OS) equating of number-correct (NC) scores for equating different forms of a test. In this paper, IRT-OS-NC equating is adapted to equating the cut-off scores of examinations. Next, the differences between results obtained using a Rasch model for…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cutting Scores, Equated Scores, Foreign Countries