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Peer reviewedWilder, David H.; McKeegan, Hugh F.; Midkiff, Robert M., Jr. – Journal of College Student Development, 2000
Investigates the construct validity of the Clark-Trow typology and its two dimensional substrate with principal components analyses, clarifying their relationships to a variety of higher educational variables. Study provides a conceptual basis for understanding student objectives in the pursuit of higher education. (Contains 20 references and 2…
Descriptors: Classification, College Students, Construct Validity, Higher Education
Peer reviewedImrie, Bradford W. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1995
The use of taxonomies of types and levels of learning for student assessment in higher education is discussed. Five taxonomies designed for a variety of instructional areas are described. The reasons for their use are examined from four points of view: pedagogical, professional, quality assurance, and management. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classification, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Educational Quality
Peer reviewedJones, W. Paul – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1993
Investigated model for reducing time for administration of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) using real-data simulation of Bayesian scaling in computerized adaptive administration. Findings from simulation study using data from 127 undergraduates are strongly supportive of use of Bayesian scaled computerized adaptive administration of MBTI.…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Classification, College Students, Computer Assisted Testing
Download full textGeranpayeh, Ardeshir – Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, 1993
This study reports the results of two experiments involving a focus on the rhetorical functions of generalization and classification in the teaching of the writing skill to English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners in Iran. The main research question is whether the teaching of language functions is relevant in the development of writing ability…
Descriptors: Classification, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Diekhoff, George M. – 1981
The aim of this study is to suggest an alternative to the essay testing method of assessing structural understanding of concepts, which suffers from time constraints and lack of scoring reliability. In this method, students' relationship judgments between concept pairs are examined directly rather than by means of multidimensional scaling analysis…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Ability, Concept Formation, Correlation
Peer reviewedBoulton-Lewis, Gillian M. – Higher Education Research and Development, 1995
Use of the SOLO (Structure of Observed Learning Outcomes) Taxonomy for developing and assessing higher-order thinking in higher education is discussed. Research into the instrument's use to discover what students know and believe about their own learning, to assess entering knowledge in a discipline, to provide models of desired learning outcomes,…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, College Instruction, College Outcomes Assessment
