The Measurement of Educational Inequality: Achievement and Opportunity [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011 This paper proposes two related measures of educational inequality: one for educational achievement and another for educational opportunity. The former is the simple variance (or standard deviation) of test scores. It is selected after careful consideration of two measurement issues that have typically been overlooked in the literature: the ...
Ferreira, Francisco H. G. +1 more
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An Applied Study on Educational Use of Facebook as a Web 2.0 Tool: The Sample Lesson of Computer Networks and Communication [PDF]
, 2010 The main aim of the research was to examine educational use of Facebook. The Computer Networks and Communication lesson was taken as the sample and the attitudes of the students included in the study group towards Facebook were measured in a semi-experimental setup.
Cakir, Ozlem, Kayri, Murat
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Adaptive pairwise comparison for educational measurement [PDF]
, 2018 Pairwise comparison is becoming increasingly popular as a holistic measurement method in education. Unfortunately, many comparisons are required for reliable measurement.
Elise Anne Victoire Crompvoets +2 more
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Interpretation of Educational Measurements
The American Journal of Psychology, 1928 Frank S. Freeman, Truman L. Kelley
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The effect of missing data on the bias and accuracy of academic alienation questionnaire questions [PDF]
مطالعات روانشناسی تربیتی, 2022 One of the important type of errors is differential item functioning (DIF). The aim of this study, using the Monte Carlo simulation method, was to determine whether the effect of missing data on the bias and precision of the Likelihood Ratio test for DIF
Zahra Jahanbakhsh +3 more
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Validation of response processes in medical assessment using an explanatory item response model
BMC Medical Education, 2022 Background Response process validation is a crucial source of test validity. The expected cognitive load scale was created based on the reflection of the mental effort by which borderline students solve an item defined by experts. The stem length affects
Veerapong Vattanavanit +2 more
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Equal opportunities for all? Analyzing within-country variation in school effectiveness
Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2022 Background The present study addresses the equality of school effectiveness across schools. One central aim of compulsory education is for students to learn equally well at all schools in a country even if these schools differ in terms of student ...
Isa Steinmann, Rolf Vegar Olsen
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On Educational Performance Measures [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011 AbstractQuantitative performance measures (QPMs) of schools are playing an ever‐larger role in education systems on both sides of the Atlantic. In this paper, we outline the rationale for the use of such measures in education, review the literature relating to several important problems associated with their use and argue that they nonetheless have a ...
Muriel, Alastair, Smith, Jeffrey A.
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Who are those random responders on your survey? The case of the TIMSS 2015 student questionnaire
Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2023 A general validity and survey quality concern with student questionnaires under low-stakes assessment conditions is that some responders will not genuinely engage with the questionnaire, often with more random response patterns as a result.
Jianan Chen +2 more
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Executive function, emotion regulation and working memory in Students with and without anxiety. [PDF]
مطالعات روانشناسی تربیتی, 2021 The purpose of this study was to compare executive function, emotional regulation and Working memory in students with and without anxiety. The present study was descriptive and used a causal-comparative design.
Mahnaz Mehmanpazir, Noorali Farokhi
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