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    Using differential item functioning to evaluate potential bias in a high stakes postgraduate knowledge based assessment

    Fairness is a critical component of defensible assessment. Candidates should perform according to ability without influence from background characteristics such as ethnicity or sex. However, performance differ...

    David Hope, Karen Adamson, I. C. McManus, Liliana Chis… in BMC Medical Education (2018)

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    The Impact of Professional Development on Elementary Teachers’ Strategies for Teaching Science with Diverse Student Groups in Urban Elementary Schools

    This study examined elementary teachers’ instructional strategies for promoting scientific understanding and inquiry and supporting English language development with diverse student groups including English la...

    Karen Adamson, Alexandra Santau, Okhee Lee in Journal of Science Teacher Education (2013)

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    Teachers’ Perspectives on a Professional Development Intervention to Improve Science Instruction Among English Language Learners

    Our 5-year professional development intervention is designed to promote elementary teachers’ knowledge, beliefs, and practices in teaching science, along with English language and mathematics for English Langu...

    Okhee Lee, Karen Adamson, Jaime Maerten-Rivera… in Journal of Science Teacher Education (2008)