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Direct linkHaines, Christopher; Crouch, Rosalind – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 2005
In this research paper we discuss how some multiple-choice questions may be used to improve understanding, to develop and to assess modelling capabilities and as an aid to teaching.
Descriptors: Test Items, Multiple Choice Tests, Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Models
Sinclair, Norma; Pecheone, Raymond L. – 1991
The impact of test item multidimensionality was examined as it affected fitting items on a teacher licensure test to an item response theory (IRT) model. Test item data from the 1990 study of G. W. Guiton and G. Delandshere are used. The Connecticut Elementary Certification Test (CONNECT) is a licensure examination designed to assess the subject…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Higher Education
