Automated Scoring of Complex Tasks in Computer-based Testing
Automated Scoring of Complex Tasks in Computer-based Testing

Author: David M. Williamson

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 0805846344

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This is the first volume to provide the latest methods and examples of "best practices" in the design, implementation, and evaluation of automated scoring for complex assessments. The contributing authors, all noted leaders in the field, introduce each m

Tech Tally
Tech Tally

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2006-07-27

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 0309164613

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In a broad sense, technology is any modification of the natural world made to fulfill human needs or desires. Although people tend to focus on the most recent technological inventions, technology includes a myriad of devices and systems that profoundly affect everyone in modern society. Technology is pervasive; an informed citizenship needs to know what technology is, how it works, how it is created, how it shapes our society, and how society influences technological development. This understanding depends in large part on an individual level of technological literacy. Tech Tally: Approaches to Assessing Technological Literacy determines the most viable approaches to assessing technological literacy for students, teachers, and out-of-school adults. The book examines opportunities and obstacles to developing scientifically valid and broadly applicable assessment instruments for technological literacy in the three target populations. The book offers findings and 12 related recommendations that address five critical areas: instrument development; research on learning; computer-based assessment methods, framework development, and public perceptions of technology. This book will be of special interest to individuals and groups promoting technological literacy in the United States, education and government policy makers in federal and state agencies, as well as the education research community.

Abbreviations Dictionary
Abbreviations Dictionary

Author: Dean A. Stahl

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2018-10-08

Total Pages: 1529

ISBN-13: 1420036645

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Published in 2001: Abbreviations, nicknames, jargon, and other short forms save time, space, and effort - provided they are understood. Thousands of new and potentially confusing terms become part of the international vocabulary each year, while our communications are relayed to one another with increasing speed. PDAs link to PCs. The Net has grown into data central, shopping mall, and grocery store all rolled into one. E-mail is faster than snail mail, cell phones are faster yet - and it is all done 24/7. Longtime and widespread use of certain abbreviations, such as R.S.V.P., has made them better understood standing alone than spelled out. Certainly we are more comfortable saying DNA than deoxyribonucleic acid - but how many people today really remember what the initials stand for? The Abbreviations Dictionary, Tenth Edition gives you this and other information from Airlines of the World to the Zodiacal Signs.

The Measurement of Health and Health Status
The Measurement of Health and Health Status

Author: Paul Krabbe

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2016-10-07

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 0128017201

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The Measurement of Health and Health Status: Concepts, Methods and Applications from a Multidisciplinary Perspective presents a unifying perspective on how to select the best measurement framework for any situation. Serving as a one-stop shop that unifies material currently available in various locations, this book illuminates the intuition behind each method, explaining how each method has special purposes, what developments are occurring, and how new combinations among methods might be relevant to specific situations. It especially emphasizes the measurement of health and health states (quality-of-life), giving significant attention to newly developed methods. The book introduces technically complex, new methods for both introductory and technically-proficient readers. - Assumes that the best measure depends entirely on the situation - Covers preference-based methods, classical test theory, and item response theory - Features illustrations and animations drawn from diverse fields and disciplines

The Computer and Information Science and Technology Abbreviations and Acronyms Dictionary
The Computer and Information Science and Technology Abbreviations and Acronyms Dictionary

Author: David W. South

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1994-05-06

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 9780849324444

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Written for the professional and the layman, the book provides the meanings of important and interesting acronyms in the broad area of computing and information science and technology. The acronyms and abbreviations contained in this book were created by the men and women of the computer and information age to save time and space and eliminate unnecessary repetition and wordage. The book is of value to engineers, scientists, technologists, executives and managers in technical fields, programmers, systems analysts, writers, and computer owners or potential buyers.

Linear Models for Optimal Test Design
Linear Models for Optimal Test Design

Author: Wim J. van der Linden

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13: 0387290540

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Wim van der Linden was just given a lifetime achievement award by the National Council on Measurement in Education. There is no one more prominent in the area of educational testing. There are hundreds of computer-based credentialing exams in areas such as accounting, real estate, nursing, and securities, as well as the well-known admissions exams for college, graduate school, medical school, and law school - there is great need on the theory of testing. This book presents the statistical theory and practice behind constructing good tests e.g., how is the first test item selected, how are the next items selected, and when do you have enough items.