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Mirsberger, Gerald E. – Training, 1974
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Interviews
Peer reviewedHartley, James – Instructional Science, 1973
There is evidence that pre-tests can have orienting and motivational and teaching functions - in addition to the sought-for testing function. There is also evidence that these additional functions can be either general or specific. The present paper contributes to the ongoing debate by discussing the issues involved in the context of a series of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation
Download full textRosentswieg, Joel – 1976
When attempts are made to utilize the procedures generally accepted in evaluation to look at something as vague as the term "exercise", confusion becomes compounded exponentially. It is important that the fundamental elements of movement, the laws of motion, and the basic movement of skills be taught to everyone. If there is a need to know what…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Exercise
Instructional Sensitivity Statistics Appropriate for Objectives-Based Test Items. CSE Report No. 91.
Kosecoff, Jacqueline B.; Klein, Stephen P. – 1974
Two types of sensitivity indices were developed in this paper, one internal to the total test and the second external. To evaluate the success of these statistics the three criteria suggested for a satisfactory index of item quality were considered. The Internal Sensitivity Index appears to meet these demands. Certainly it is easily computed. In…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation Methods
Lipe, Gary – 1971
The development of a single value revision indicator which would utilize learner performance data obtained from a pretest-posttest design to rank a set of instructional modules as to their relative need for revision is discussed. A set of procedures was developed in connection with the implementation of the Production, Implementation, Evaluation,…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Criterion Referenced Tests, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods
Lord, Frederic M. – 1972
An elementary survey of item characteristic curve theory, centered around the problems of individualized (tailored) testing, is presented. Following the introduction, discussions are provided of the following: Test Theory for Itemized Tests; The Guttman Scale; Item Characteristic Curve Theory; An Alternative Model; Specialization, Application, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bulletins, Citations (References), Evaluation Methods
Boehm, Ann E. – 1972
A criterion-referenced instrument, Inventory of Cognitive Skills and Visual-Motor Functioning, was devised to evaluate a prekindergarten program for economically disadvantaged 4-year-olds. The Inventory, administered to each child at the beginning and end of the preschool experience, provided specific information in: (1) knowledge of body parts,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Tests, Concept Teaching, Criterion Referenced Tests
