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Lou, Yu-Chiung; Lin, Hsiao-Fang; Lin, Chin-Wen – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2013
The aims of the study were (a) to develop a scale to measure university students' task value and (b) to use confirmatory factor analytic techniques to investigate the construct validity of the scale. The questionnaire items were developed based on theoretical considerations and the final version contained 38 items divided into 4 subscales.…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), College Students, Values, Academic Achievement
Kosecoff, Jacqueline B.; Klein, Stephen P. – 1974
Two types of sensitivity indices were developed in this paper, one internal to the total test and the second external. To evaluate the success of these statistics the three criteria suggested for a satisfactory index of item quality were considered. The Internal Sensitivity Index appears to meet these demands. Certainly it is easily computed. In…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation Methods
Skager, Rodney W. – 1969
To investigate the assertion that there is a tendency for teachers to emphasize skills already mastered by their students, data were collected on 488 seventh grade mathematics students in three junior high schools. Of these, 285 were assigned to experimental classes taking the curriculum under development and 203 were assigned to comparison…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Objectives, Curriculum Development, Diagnostic Tests