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Direct linkKeating, Xiaofen Deng; Silverman, Stephen – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2004
This study was designed to investigate the status of teachers' use of fitness tests in school-based physical education programs. Full-time physical education teachers (N = 325) in 10 states participated. A questionnaire was developed specifically for this study to collect data. Various methods were utilized to lend evidence for the reliability and…
Descriptors: Evidence, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Testing
Valette, Rebecca – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1974
Ways to use classroom tests as an aid to students of foreign languages are discussed, with particular reference to retesting. (RM)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Language Instruction, Language Skills
Download full textKirschner (E.J.) and Associates, Washington, DC. – 1980
Designed for directors and staff members in bilingual vocational instructor training programs to be funded by the United States Department of Education, this monograph is a guide to competencies needed by bilingual vocational instructors. Chapter l discusses the project which developed the monograph. Chapter 2, Using the Monograph in Bilingual…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Competency Based Teacher Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, English (Second Language)
Kneer, Marian E. – 1981
Psychomotor, or physical education skills, can be tested through the use of various measures which employ one or more sport-specific objective measures, such as norm- or criterion-referenced tests, or subjective measures, such as teacher ratings or student self-rating. Norm-referenced tests embody standards which are set relatively for the purpose…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Ability Identification, Coeducation, Criterion Referenced Tests
Boone, Jerry; And Others – 1988
Literature on race and age differences in college remedial and developmental studies students is surveyed, based on the current literature, including an ERIC search from 1980 to 1988, pertinent professional textbooks, and information provided by publishers. Separate sections on race and age differences are provided, and each section concludes with…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Age Differences, Black Students, College Instruction
Pimsleur, Paul – Language Association Bulletin, 1975
A norm-referenced evaluation system, which evaluates the student in comparison to his peers, is rejected in favor of a criterion-referenced system. The latter, which rates the performance of a student on an absolute standard, makes for an individualized approach. Two kinds of tests are distinguished, the formative, administered during the course…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation Criteria
Rivers, Wilga M. – 1973
Test design and content and course design and content are mutually influential. In accordance with changing trends in foreign language instruction--individualized learning, independent study, small group instruction, peer teaching--testing should likewise be revamped to reinforce and inform the learning process. Tests must take into account…
Descriptors: Course Content, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives, Independent Study
