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Higher Education Standards Panel Consultation : Transparency Of Higher Education Admissions Processes: Response From The Australian Council For Educational Research, Daniel Edwards, Brad Jackel
Higher Education Standards Panel Consultation : Transparency Of Higher Education Admissions Processes: Response From The Australian Council For Educational Research, Daniel Edwards, Brad Jackel
Dr Brad Jackel
This document has been prepared by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) in response to the Higher Education Standards Panel’s Consultation on the Transparency of Higher Education Admissions Processes. In developing the document, ACER has drawn on previous experience working in admissions research and admissions testing, and on discussions over time with universities in Australia as a result of this work relating to the issues of relevance to this consultation. This document explores four key areas identified by ACER as critical to improving the admissions processes of higher education providers in Australia. In developing this document, we have approached …
Immersed, Brad Jackel
Immersed, Brad Jackel
Dr Brad Jackel
Brad Jackel talks with director and playwright Kelly Somes and finds out what theatre offers to today’s students.
The Psychometric Assessment Of Creativity As A General Ability. A Complete Waste Of Time? Perhaps Not, Brad Jackel
The Psychometric Assessment Of Creativity As A General Ability. A Complete Waste Of Time? Perhaps Not, Brad Jackel
Dr Brad Jackel
No abstract provided.
Diagrams: Connecting Text And Image, Brad Jackel
Item Differential In Computer Based And Paper Based Versions Of A High Stakes Tertiary Entrance Test: Diagrams And The Problem Of Annotation, Brad Jackel
Dr Brad Jackel
This paper presents the results from a tertiary entrance test that was delivered to two groups of candidates, one as a paper based test and the other as a computer based test. Item level differential reveals a pattern that appears related to item type: questions based on diagrammatic stimulus show a pattern of increased difficulty when delivered on computer. Differential in performance was not present in other sections of the test and it would appear unlikely to be explained by demographic differences between the groups. It is suggested this differential is due to the inability of the candidates to freely …
Thinking About Diagrams: A General Diagrammatic Literacy, Brad Jackel
Thinking About Diagrams: A General Diagrammatic Literacy, Brad Jackel
Dr Brad Jackel
No abstract provided.
Cartoons And Linguistic Context, Brad Jackel
Cartoons And Linguistic Context, Brad Jackel
Dr Brad Jackel
This paper presents the results of a trial conducted during the development of The Graduate Australian Medical School Admission Test (GAMSAT) 2006, where two versions of a cartoon unit were trialled; in both cases the cartoon and the question itself were identical. The only difference was in the way the cartoon was introduced within the test. Psychometrically, across the 650 candidates involved in the trial, one version ‘worked’ very well, the other not at all.
Thinking Critically About Diagrams: A Theoretical Framework For General Diagrammatic Literacy, Brad Jackel
Thinking Critically About Diagrams: A Theoretical Framework For General Diagrammatic Literacy, Brad Jackel
Dr Brad Jackel
Diagrams are used heavily throughout contemporary society, yet there is little guidance for educators on teaching students to think critically about diagrams in general. Because of this there is almost no systematic guidance for learners on how to approach unfamiliar diagrams with some degree of confidence, particularly in terms of their ability to think critically about the visual ‘rhetoric’ of a given diagram. This is a crucial ability to foster in students, given society’s increasing reliance on forms of graphical communication which encourage the use of diagrams (internet, PowerPoint, tablet computing, smart phones) and the decision-making contexts in which diagrams …