Detecting Calculator Effects on Item Performance.

Cohen, Allan S.; Kim, Seock-Ho

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ERIC Number: EJ464850

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Publication Date: 1992

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Detecting Calculator Effects on Item Performance.

Cohen, Allan S.; Kim, Seock-Ho

Applied Measurement in Education, v5 n4 p303-20 1992

Studied effects of students' use of calculators with 2 experimental forms of a university mathematics test taken by 765 and 725 college students, respectively. Calculator effects are not found for overall scores but are seen for some individual items. Analysis at the item level makes the actual impact apparent. (SLD)

Descriptors: Calculators, College Students, Educational Technology, Equations (Mathematics), Higher Education, Item Analysis, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Tests, Scores, Test Format, Test Items, Test Wiseness

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