Descriptor
| Higher Education | 6 |
| Test Length | 6 |
| Test Use | 6 |
| Scores | 2 |
| Test Construction | 2 |
| Test Format | 2 |
| Testing Problems | 2 |
| Adaptive Testing | 1 |
| Administration | 1 |
| American Sign Language | 1 |
| Classification | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Author
| Colliver, Jerry A. | 1 |
| Loo, S. Robert | 1 |
| Nelson, Catherine | 1 |
| Parr, Phyllis | 1 |
| Ragosta, Marjorie | 1 |
| Reshetar, Rosemary A. | 1 |
| Sher, Kenneth J. | 1 |
| Thorpe, Karran | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 5 |
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 1 |
| Researchers | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Test of English as a Foreign… | 1 |
| Watson Glaser Critical… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedColliver, Jerry A.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1992
A study investigated optimal length of screening tests used to sort out medical students needing to take a full-length performance-based standardized-patient test from those not needing it. Receiver operating characteristic analysis determined a good length is one-third the full test, with cutoff just above the mean case pass level. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Medical Education, Patients, Professional Education
Peer reviewedLoo, S. Robert; Thorpe, Karran – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1999
Used samples of 142 management and 123 nursing undergraduates to evaluate the psychometric properties and factor structure of the newly developed Form S (short form) of the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (G. Watson and E. Glaser, 1964, 1994). Results provide only limited support for Form S, and further refinement is suggested. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administration, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Nursing
Peer reviewedSher, Kenneth J.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1995
Interrelated analyses were conducted with more than 4,000 college students to examine the reliability and validity of the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ) and to develop and validate a short version of the scale. Results provide moderate support for the reliability and validity of both the TPQ and the short form. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Factor Analysis, Higher Education, Personality Assessment
Download full textParr, Phyllis; And Others – 1996
In order to establish a tertiary educational sector that is able to provide equal opportunities to all students, it is vital that institutions diversify curriculum delivery and course assessment strategies. Although it may appear impractical to develop a course that takes into consideration the various learning preferences of all individuals,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Equal Education
Reshetar, Rosemary A.; And Others – 1992
This study examined performance of a simulated computerized adaptive test that was designed to help direct the development of a medical recertification examination. The item pool consisted of 229 single-best-answer items from a random sample of 3,000 examinees, calibrated using the two-parameter logistic model. Examinees' responses were known. For…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Classification, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Simulation
Ragosta, Marjorie; Nelson, Catherine – 1986
The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) was administered to 26 hearing impaired college students, in order to test the assumption that the English-language deficiencies of hearing impaired students are similar to those of foreign students. The students were attending Gallaudet College's School of Preparatory Studies and were identified…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, College Entrance Examinations, Deaf Interpreting, Deafness
