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Perspectives in Education, 2016 In recent years, the computerised adaptive test (CAT) has gained popularity over conventional exams in evaluating student capabilities with desired accuracy. However, the key limitation of CAT is that it requires a large pool of pre-calibrated questions.
Shana Moothedath +2 more
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Growing trees on farms: Navigating the goals and values of farmers
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Agricultural landscapes represent critical contexts for advancing policy objectives related to tree cover expansion. This paper explores how farmers' values influence their willingness or ability to grow trees on farms. Research is based on 49 interviews and two focus groups with farmers in England and draws on two social science research ...
Stephen McConnachie +7 more
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Psychology in the Schools, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study applied multidimensional scaling (MDS) to the Cognitive Assessment System‐Second Edition (CAS2) to investigate the structural validity of PASS theory (Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, Successive) across two age groups (5−7, 8−18 years) in the normative sample (N = 1342).
Ryan J. McGill
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La normalité en société capacitiste
Sociologies, 2017 This article proposes a reflection on the production of normality through an examination of the social treatment of disability in the Swiss context.
Monika Piecek +3 more
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Science and Innovations in Medicine, 2018 Aims - to analyze the historical aspects of the formation of the national normative framework in the field of primary and periodic medical examinations, to discuss the existing problems in the carrying out of primary and periodic medical examinations of workers and also to make suggestions for quality improvement of primary and periodic medical ...
LA A Strizhakov +3 more
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Is the Test Score Decline Responsible for the Productivity Growth Decline? [PDF]
, 1989 [Excerpt] The test score decline between 1967 and 1980 was large (about 1.25 grade-level equivalents) and historically unprecedented. New estimates of trend in academic achievement, of the effect of academic achievement on productivity and of trend in ...
Bishop, John H.
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Potential of endophytic Beauveria bassiana against Coraebus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) oak borers
Pest Management Science, EarlyView.This study demonstrates that an endophytic, oak‐associated strain of Beauveria bassiana exhibits adaptations to Quercus plants and potential against Coraebus boring beetles, supported by distinctive biological traits. Abstract BACKGROUND Oak borers in the genus Coraebus, including the bark‐ and the wood‐boring beetles C. florentinus and C. undatus, are
Walaa Morda +5 more
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Identity Play: Middle School Youths' Provisional Self‐Making in Horizon‐Expanding STEM Spaces
Science Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study introduces identity play as an analytic construct for science education to explore improvisational dimensions of middle school students' STEM identity development in multiple out‐of‐school learning experiences focused on environmental problem‐solving.
Heidi B. Carlone, Alison K. Mercier
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The Effect of Curriculum-Based External Exit Exam Systems on Student Achievement [PDF]
, 1997 [Excerpt] Two presidents, the National Governors Association, and numerous blue-ribbon panels have called for the development of state or national content standards for core subjects and examinations that assess student achievement of these standards ...
Bishop, John H.
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CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView.Abstract Abnormalities in the heart's rhythm, known as arrhythmias, pose a significant threat to global health, often leading to severe cardiac conditions and sudden cardiac deaths. Therefore, early and accurate detection of arrhythmias is crucial for timely intervention and potentially life‐saving treatment.
Hasnain Ali Shah +4 more
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