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Direct linkAndrich, David – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2016
This article reproduces correspondence between Georg Rasch of The University of Copenhagen and Benjamin Wright of The University of Chicago in the period from January 1966 to July 1967. This correspondence reveals their struggle to operationalize a unidimensional measurement model with sufficient statistics for responses in a set of ordered…
Descriptors: Statistics, Item Response Theory, Rating Scales, Mathematical Models
Kjeldsen, Tinne Hoff; Blomhøj, Morten – Science & Education, 2013
Mathematical models and mathematical modeling play different roles in the different areas and problems in which they are used. The function and status of mathematical modeling and models in the different areas depend on the scientific practice as well as the underlying philosophical and theoretical position held by the modeler(s) and the…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Science History, College Science, College Students
Download full textNiss, Mogens – 1976
This paper begins by discussing the observation that mathematics instruction at all levels is in a crisis of relevance. A sketch of the function and organization of the existing mathematics instruction is presented; the suggestion that instruction be built on a problem-orientation basis is considered; and the role and education of the teacher is…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
