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Using Multi-faceted Rasch Models to Understand Middle School Students’ Argumentation Around Scenarios Grounded in Socio-scientific Issues
We describe the multi-faceted Rasch model as a definition of measurement in contexts with multiple independent sources of error. We apply it to...
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Using Multi-faceted Rasch Analysis to Examine Raters, Prompts, and Rubrics in an Office-Hour Role-Play Task
Locally-administered placement tests for International Teaching Assistants (ITAs) impact the quality of ITAs’ graduate studies and the quality of...
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Introduction to Advances in Applications of Rasch Measurement in Science Education
This chapter provides an overview of applications of Rasch measurement in science education. This chapter discusses issues and best practices in...
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Investigating the effect of classroom-based feedback on speaking assessment: a multifaceted Rasch analysis
Due to subjectivity in oral assessment, much concentration has been put on obtaining a satisfactory measure of consistency among raters. However, the...
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Validation of an elicited Imitation test as a measure of Korean language proficiency
This study presents a modified version of the Korean Elicited Imitation (EI) test, designed to resemble natural spoken language, and validates its...
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Local Language Testing Practice across Contexts
Local language testing, though the most common form of language assessment practice, has not been formally recognize until very recently. In this...
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NEPSscaling: plausible value estimation for competence tests administered in the German National Educational Panel Study
Educational large-scale assessments (LSAs) often provide plausible values for the administered competence tests to facilitate the estimation of...
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Continuing Evolution of Research on Teaching and Learning: Exploring Emerging Methods for Unpacking Research on Teachers, Teaching, and Learning
In this chapter, we consider current trends in mathematics education research to highlight the ways in which Medley’s framework is still relevant. In...
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The transition from school to university in mathematics education research: new trends and ideas from a systematic literature review
Investigating the transition between educational levels is one of the main themes for the future of mathematics education. In particular, the...
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Improving the Perceived Utility Value of Teamwork and Collaboration among STEM Undergraduates
Teamwork and collaboration are twenty-first century skills valued by STEM employers for addressing the most urgent problems in society. To prepare...
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Capturing the subject-specific quality of mathematics instruction: How do expert judgments relate to students’ assessments of the quality of their own learning and understanding?
Based on an opportunity-use model of instructional quality, this study investigates the extent to which subject-specific instructional quality rated...
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The Impact of Rating Scales on the CET-4 Writing: A Mixed Methods Study
Holistic rating scale and analytic rating scale are two types of scales which are frequently utilized by raters and EFL teachers in scoring EFL...
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Computer-delivered vs. face-to-face score comparability and test takers’ perceptions: The case of the two English speaking proficiency tests for Vietnamese EFL learners
The present study explored the comparability in performance scores between the computer-delivered and face-to-face modes for the two speaking tests...
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Development and validation of a rating scale for Iranian EFL academic writing assessment: a mixed-methods study
The present study reports the process of development and validation of a rating scale in the Iranian EFL academic writing assessment context. To...
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Linking Teacher- Versus Child Self-report Discrepancies in Aggression to Demographic and Cognitive Profiles
Early childhood aggression is a ubiquitous and developmentally normal behavior; however, different report sources (e.g., child self-report vs....
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Writing scale effects on raters: an exploratory study
In writing assessment, finding a valid, reliable, and efficient scale is critical. Appropriate scales, increase rater reliability, and can also save...
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Relating a concordance-based cloze test to the model of communicative language ability: a verbal protocol study
The literature of empirical studies on the concordance-based cloze test (ConCloze) is far and few between. This is despite the fact that it has a...
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Globalisation, Ideology and Education Reforms
The chapter offers a critical analysis of globalisation, ideology and education reforms. The chapter discusses the crucial issues at the centre of...
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Using Rasch Analysis to Examine the Effects of Year 5 Students’ Understanding of Whole Numbers Multiplication
This study aims to examine the effect of an intervention with line array representation on student’s understanding of whole number multiplication....
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What Does ‘Teacher Effectiveness’ Look like?
Making selection decisions is, at its heart, a prediction about future effectiveness. For teacher training, the key predictive question is, Will this...