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An Assessment Of Influences, Positive And Negative On Educational Assessment Today, Gabrielle Matters
An Assessment Of Influences, Positive And Negative On Educational Assessment Today, Gabrielle Matters
Dr Gabrielle Matters
Influenced by an approach used in Time magazine, Dr Matters will list the most and least influential ideas in educational assessment. She will also assert that there is little or no evidence that current assessments are assisting students to learn the "big ideas" or things that are intrinsically difficult. This state of affairs can be attributed, at least partially, to the luxury of living in a democracy, the feminisation of education, and the short length of the political cycle.
A Three-Way Classification Of Sources Of Item Difficulty In Tests And Examinations, Gabrielle Matters
A Three-Way Classification Of Sources Of Item Difficulty In Tests And Examinations, Gabrielle Matters
Dr Gabrielle Matters
What do test takers mean when they say ‘this item is difficult’? What do test analysts mean when they say ‘this item is difficult’? The answer to the first question comes out of experience. The answer to the second question comes out of empirics. The notion of difficulty covers a considerable diversity of sources, materials and methods. Test analysts seem obliged to collapse all senses of difficulty under one heading and so it might be useful to attempt a classification or typo logy of some of the possible sources of difficulty in test items. This presentation describes such a system …
Interrogating Year 12 Op Data – What Do We Know About Pre-Service Teachers From Year 12 Information (Op, Fps, Qcs) And University Preferences?, Gabrielle Matters, R Lake
Interrogating Year 12 Op Data – What Do We Know About Pre-Service Teachers From Year 12 Information (Op, Fps, Qcs) And University Preferences?, Gabrielle Matters, R Lake
Dr Gabrielle Matters
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