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Computer Adaptive Testing : A Feasibility Study, Siek Khoo, Geoff Masters, Ray Adams

Prof Ray Adams

The Australian National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR) commissioned ACER to investigate the feasibility of implementing computer adaptive testing (CAT) in NOOSR’s screening examinations for overseas trained professionals. The National Office administers screening examinations in seven professions (Dentistry, Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, Podiatry, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy and Veterinary Science) at venues throughout Australia and in up to fifty centres around the world. Surveys were conducted to gain an overview of the current methods and procedures used by NOOSR in the screening examinations. Issues related to the application of CAT to NOOSR’s screening examinations and the possible improvement of NOOSR’s assessment program …

Displaying Test Analyses With Titan And Bigscale, Siek Khoo, Ray Adams, J Linacre

Prof Ray Adams

No abstract provided.

Computer Adaptive Testing : A Feasibility Study, Siek Khoo, Geoff Masters, Ray Adams

Prof Geoff Masters AO

The Australian National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR) commissioned ACER to investigate the feasibility of implementing computer adaptive testing (CAT) in NOOSR’s screening examinations for overseas trained professionals. The National Office administers screening examinations in seven professions (Dentistry, Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, Podiatry, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy and Veterinary Science) at venues throughout Australia and in up to fifty centres around the world. Surveys were conducted to gain an overview of the current methods and procedures used by NOOSR in the screening examinations. Issues related to the application of CAT to NOOSR’s screening examinations and the possible improvement of NOOSR’s assessment program …

Unity Through Diversity: Meeting The Needs Of A Changing Student Population, William Welburn

William C Welburn

No abstract provided.

Facilitating Staff Development, D. Jill Williams

D. Jill Williams

No abstract is currently available.

Educational Research And Development In Australia, Barry Mcgaw, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Phillip McKenzie

No abstract provided.

Cultural Diversity And Library And Information Science Curriculum, William Welburn

William C Welburn

No abstract provided.

School Size And Curriculum Provision In Years 11 And 12, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Phillip McKenzie

Do large secondary schools provide more comprehensive curricula in Years 11 and 12 than small schools? Is there an enrolment point beyond which the curriculum advantages of size are no longer evident? This paper examines these questions by drawing on preliminary results from a study of curriculum provision and resource use that is being conducted in conjunction with the University of New England. The study, which was funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC), uses data on the operations of four Australian government school systems in 1990. This particular paper focuses on Victorian schools. The paper has four main sections: …

Displaying Test Analyses With Titan And Bigscale, Siek Khoo, Ray Adams, J Linacre

Dr Siek Toon Khoo

No abstract provided.

A Review Of Some Fit Tests For Rasch Models, Siek Toon Khoo

Dr Siek Toon Khoo

No abstract provided.

Selectivity In Detection Of Analytes In Flowing Streams Using Piezoelectric Quartz, Mark Anderson, John Roush, David Thacker

Mark R. Anderson

No abstract is currently available.

Characterization Of Electrochemical Double Layer From The Infrared Spectroscopic Behavior Of Adsorbed Carbon Monoxide, Mark Anderson

Mark R. Anderson

No abstract is currently available.

What Does It Mean To Think, Learn, Teach?, Dorothy Bowen, Earle Bowen

Dorothy N. Bowen

How is the missionary force for the twenty-first Century to be trained? This is the challenge that emerges from this provocative book as it focuses on the task of effective missionary training. Western missions have tended to place most of their training emphasis on schooling and formal education-- witness the number of Bible schools, Christian colleges and theological seminaries that offer everything from a B.A. to a Ph. D. in missions/missiology. But the training concerns expressed by non-Western leaders from Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the South Pacific, and the Middle East offer an alternative. While not dismissing the …

Progress Through High School: A Study Of Senior Secondary Schooling In New South Wales, John Ainley, Michael Sheret

Dr John Ainley

In the 20 years from 1971 to 1990 the percentage of each cohort of young people completing secondary education to Year 12 has more than doubled. Most of that growth in the retention of young people into the postcompulsory years of school has taken place since 1983. In a short space of time postcompulsory schooling has changed from minority to majority participation. Changes such as these have impelled a consideration of how best to respond to the interests and aptitudes of the increasingly diverse population of students and how to encourage further increases in levels of participation. These issues are …

Determinants Of Status And Earnings Within A Profession: A Case Study Of Australian Lawyers, Julie Mcmillan

Julie McMillan

No abstract provided.

For Unto Us, Dan Rager

Dan Rager

Preparing Professionals For Ethical Responsibilities: The Role Of Universities, Michael Pritchard, Michael Rabins

Michael Pritchard

Review: The Practitioner's Guide To Teaching Thinking Series [Teaching Thinking: Issues Of Approaches, Techniques For Teaching Thinking; Evaluating Critical Thinking], Michael Pritchard

Michael Pritchard

Moral Education: From Aristotle To Harry Stottlemeier, Michael Pritchard

Michael Pritchard

Between The Frets, Darrell Jones, Rebecca Simmons-Gary

Darrell Jones

A Flamenco influenced duet to the music of Villa Lobos. Part of the 12 Days of Dance series produced by Florida State University.

Bloody Ground, Hal Charles

Charlie Sweet

No abstract provided.

Collaborative Learning, D. Jill Williams

D. Jill Williams

No abstract is currently available.

Reporting Research For Teachers: Strategic Review Of Research In Education: An Overview, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Phillip McKenzie

In this article the author who is the executive officer of the Strategic Review of Research in Education in Australia outlines the major findings of the review and its recommendations.

Kids Have All The Write Stuff: Inspiring Your Children To Put Pencil To Paper, Robert Maloy, Sharon Edwards

Robert W. Maloy

A guide to promoting creativity in children offers parents strategies for implementing writing as a regular part of family life, understanding a child's early attempts, promoting invented spelling, and more

Students' Views Of Primary School, John Ainley, S Bourke

Dr John Ainley

No abstract provided.

Computer Adaptive Testing : A Feasibility Study, Siek Khoo, Geoff Masters, Ray Adams

Dr Siek Toon Khoo

The Australian National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR) commissioned ACER to investigate the feasibility of implementing computer adaptive testing (CAT) in NOOSR’s screening examinations for overseas trained professionals. The National Office administers screening examinations in seven professions (Dentistry, Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, Podiatry, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy and Veterinary Science) at venues throughout Australia and in up to fifty centres around the world. Surveys were conducted to gain an overview of the current methods and procedures used by NOOSR in the screening examinations. Issues related to the application of CAT to NOOSR’s screening examinations and the possible improvement of NOOSR’s assessment program …

Educational Research In Australia, David Boud, Millicent Poole, Richard Warry, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Phillip McKenzie

This review of educational research in Australia was stimulated by the Australian Research Council which convened a meeting of representatives of major stakeholders in educational research in December 1990. That meeting established terms of reference for the Review, appointed a review panel to take responsibility for the detailed work and continued itself as a reference group. More than 120 written submissions were received in response to circulation of the Terms of Reference. An interim report was drafted by the panel in consultation with the reference group and circulated widely for comment in early 1992. Seventy-six written responses were received and …

View From The Classroom, Rowan Cahill

Rowan Cahill

Edited version of a speech given by Rowan Cahill to the Australian Education Network's 'Vision for the Future' Conference, Sydney, 18 October 1991.

Rationalising The Economic Metaphor, Rowan Cahill

Rowan Cahill

Contemporary critique of the developing trend towards education institutions being run as businesses, and for students to be treated as economic units.