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Wiedmann, Michael; Leach, Ryan C.; Rummel, Nikol; Wiley, Jennifer – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2012
Schwartz and Martin ("Cogn Instr" 22:129-184, 2004) as well as Kapur ("Instr Sci", this issue, 2012) have found that students can be better prepared to learn about mathematical formulas when they try to invent them in small groups before receiving the canonical formula from a lesson. The purpose of the present research was to investigate how the…
Descriptors: Mathematical Formulas, Intellectual Property, Learning, Multivariate Analysis
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Frick, Theodore W. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1992
Discussion of expert systems and computerized adaptive tests describes two versions of EXSPRT, a new approach that combines uncertain inference in expert systems with sequential probability ratio test (SPRT) stopping rules. Results of two studies comparing EXSPRT to adaptive mastery testing based on item response theory and SPRT approaches are…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Expert Systems