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Direct linkBeifang Ma; Maximilian Krötz; Viola Deutscher; Esther Winther – International Journal of Training and Development, 2025
The rapid digital transformation of vocational education and training (VET) has underscored the need to adapt traditional assessment methods to digital formats. However, when transitioning to digital modes, it is crucial to consider factors beyond mere technical implementation, particularly the potential impact of altered presentation formats on…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Competence, Test Format, Computer Assisted Testing
Cai, Hongwen – Language Testing, 2013
Partial dictation is a measure of EFL listening proficiency that can be easily constructed, administered, and scored by EFL teachers. However, it is controversial whether this form of test measures lower-order abilities exclusively or involves both lower- and higher-order abilities. In order to answer this question, a study was designed to examine…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Listening Comprehension Tests, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Morrison, Keith – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2013
This paper reviews the literature on comparing online and paper course evaluations in higher education and provides a case study of a very large randomised trial on the topic. It presents a mixed but generally optimistic picture of online course evaluations with respect to response rates, what they indicate, and how to increase them. The paper…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Course Evaluation, Case Studies, Higher Education
Scarpati, Stanley E.; Wells, Craig S.; Lewis, Christine; Jirka, Stephen – Journal of Special Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to use differential item functioning (DIF) and latent mixture model analyses to explore factors that explain performance differences on a large-scale mathematics assessment between examinees allowed to use a calculator or who were afforded item presentation accommodations versus those who did not receive the same…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Test Items, Test Format, Validity
Stewart, E. Elizabeth – 1981
Context effects are defined as being influences on test performance associated with the content of successively presented test items or sections. Four types of context effects are identified: (1) direct context effects (practice effects) which occur when performance on items is affected by the examinee having been exposed to similar types of…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Data Collection, Error of Measurement, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedLaFreniere, Peter J.; Dumas, Jean E. – Psychological Assessment, 1996
The factor structure and scale characteristics of a shortened version of the Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation Scale (SCBE) are presented for a Quebec (Canada) sample of 910 preschoolers and three U.S. samples totaling 1,736. Also presented are age and gender differences in preschool emotional and behavioral problems. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Early Childhood Education, Emotional Development
