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Technology-Based Assessments for 21st Century Skills: Theoretical and Practical Implications from Modern Research. Current Perspectives on Cognition, Learning and Instruction
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Mayrath, Michael C., Ed.; Clarke-Midura, Jody, Ed.; Robinson, Daniel H., Ed.; Schraw, Gregory, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2012
Creative problem solving, collaboration, and technology fluency are core skills requisite of any nation's workforce that strives to be competitive in the 21st Century. Teaching these types of skills is an economic imperative, and assessment is a fundamental component of any pedagogical program. Yet, measurement of these skills is complex due to…
Descriptors: Expertise, Evidence, Integrated Curriculum, Educational Psychology
Using Domain-Referenced Tests for Student Placement, Diagnosis, and Attainment in a System of Adaptive, Individualized Instruction
Nitko, Anthony J.; Hsu, Tse-Chi – Educational Technology, 1974
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Educational Testing, Individual Testing, Individualized Instruction
Using Microcomputers to Administer Tests: An Alternate Point of View.
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Millman, Jason – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1984
In providing an alternative view to the previous article by Ward (TM 508 880), the author notes problems associated with adaptive testing, diagnostic testing, testing embedded in instruction, and testing through simulations. (BW)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Simulation, Computer Software
African South of the Sahara: An Objective Test for Secondary Schools. A World Regions Perception Survey.
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Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA. – 1968
Designed by Project Africa of Carnegie-Mellon University, these two test instruments have been used to discover what selected American secondary school students know or believe about Africa and other regions of the world. The first instrument, a 30-minute objective test, "Africa South of the Sahara," is comprised of 60 multiple-choice…
Descriptors: African Culture, Attitude Measures, Cultural Awareness, Diagnostic Tests
Using Microcomputers to Administer Tests.
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Ward, William C. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1984
Some of the benefits available from using computers to administer the kinds of tests that are familiar in educational settings are reviewed. Four applications that represent current or near-term enhancements of assessment are discussed: computerized adaptive testing, diagnostic testing, test preparation, and administration of simulations of…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Simulation