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Quest: The Interactive Test Analysis System, Ray Adams, Siek Khoo

Prof Ray Adams

This is a guide to using Quest. Quest offers a comprehensive test and questionnaire analysis environment by providing a data analyst with access to the most recent developments in Rasch measurement theory, as well as a range of traditional analysis procedures. It includes an easy to use control language with flexible and informative output. Quest can be used to construct and validate variables based on both dichotomous and polychotomous observations. It scores and analyses such instruments as multiple choice tests, Likert type rating scales, short answer items, and partial credit items.

Application Of Potential And Polarization Modulation Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy To Study The Physical And Structural Properties Of The Electrochemical Interface, Mark Anderson, Susanne Feltovich, Minhui Zhang, Mark Evaniak

Mark R. Anderson

No abstract is currently available.

Scale Economies In Australian Secondary Schools, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Phillip McKenzie

This paper reviews the evidence on the existence of scale economies in Australian secondary schools. The paper has three main sections: a description of the sizes of Australian secondary schools; an outline of the conceptual basis for estimations of scale economies; and a review of the empirical studies that have been conducted in Australia and overseas.

Review: Mathew Lipman, Thinking In Education, Michael Pritchard

Michael Pritchard

Educational Research And Development: Indicators Of Financial And Personnel Resources. Preliminary Guidelines For Data Collection And Analysis, Barry Mcgaw, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Phillip McKenzie

No abstract provided.

Long-Term Reading Achievement For Bilingual Children, Linda Evans

Linda S. Evans

No abstract is currently available.

Issues In Bilingual Education, Linda Evans

Linda S. Evans

No abstract is currently available.

Diversity: Issues Of Challenge And Change, William Welburn

William C Welburn

No abstract provided.

The Economics Of Education 1992, Gerald Burke, Fran Ferrier, Leo Maglen, Phil Mckenzie, Chris Selby Smith

Dr Phillip McKenzie

Papers presented at a symposium held as part of the joint AARE/NZARE Conference, at Deakin University, in November 1992. The symposium was organised by the Centre for Economics of Education and the Economics of Education Network

Beyond The Compulsory Years : Transitions In New South Wales High Schools, John Ainley, M Sheret

Dr John Ainley

No abstract provided.

The Indianapolis Division Of Housing Project: Opportunity For Empowerment Practice With Public Housing Resident, Lisa Mcguire

Lisa E. McGuire

No abstract provided.

Using Bridging Analogies And Anchoring Institutions To Seal With Students' Preconceptions In Physics, John Clement

John J. Clement

No abstract provided.

Use Of A Computer Simulation To Assist Students In Learning Relative Motion Concepts, John Clement, J. Monaghan

John J. Clement

No abstract provided.

Australia: Country Report, Phil Mckenzie

Dr Phillip McKenzie

No abstract provided.

Reporting Research For Teachers: Students In The Senior Secondary Years, John Ainley, Michael Sheret

Dr John Ainley

Traditionally, until the 1970s, senior secondary schooling in Australia was restricted to a minority of each age group. This was particularly pronounced in the case of government schools. From that time, however, the proportion of each cohort staying at school beyond the compulsory years began to increase rapidly and, by the 1980s, retention patterns in secondary schools had changed dramatically. These changes were most marked in government secondary schools. In this article the authors report on a study conducted on a sample of government high schools in New South Wales, which examined the post compulsory educational experiences of a group …

Democratic Educators As Compassionate Communicators, Thomas Kelly

Thomas E. Kelly

No abstract provided.

This Is It... And Nothing More, Darrell Jones, Brian Schuler

Darrell Jones

Solo with original score by Brian Schuler. MFA Thesis Concert, produced by Florida State University.

Child Labor And Basic Education Provision In China, Irving Epstein

Irving Epstein

This paper argues that child labor abuse, along with inconsistent commitments to enforce compulsory schooling mandates at the primary level in China, can be traced to those changing economic priorities that have both welcomed foreign investment and have increased social inequality within the country. The exploitation of child labor is one of the dehumanizing trends that define 'commodity socialism' in stark terms. Western attitudes and practices have not only encouraged such practices but have legitimized them as well.

New Views Of Student Learning: Implications For Educational Measurement, Geoff Masters, R Mislevy

Prof Geoff Masters AO

Recent research in cognitive psychology has drawn attention to the important role that students' personal understandings and representations of subject matter play in the learning process. This chapter briefly reviews some of this research, and contrasts the kind of learning that results in an individual's changed conception or view of a phenomenon with the more passive, additive kind of learning assessed by most traditional achievement tests. To be consistent with a view of learning as an active, constructive process, educational tests are required that focus on key concepts in an area of learning, and that take into account the variety …

Class And Inequality In Chinese Education, Irving Epstein

Irving Epstein

No abstract provided.

Phenomenographic Research And The Measurement Of Understanding: An Investigation Of Students' Conceptions Of Speed, Distance And Time, P Ramsden, Geoff Masters, Andrew Stephanou, E Walsh, E Martin

Prof Geoff Masters AO

No abstract provided.

Monologue, Darrell Jones

Darrell Jones

Solo, produced by Florida State University. Grant awarded for adjudication at the American College Dance. Worked with Theater professor Michael Richey in developing a physical based monologue.

Reflections On The Value Of Vce For Young People Not Intending To Go To University, Jennifer Bryce

Dr Jennifer Bryce

This thesis investigates the experiences of eighteen young people who completed the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) in 1991 without intending to proceed to university. It examines their reasons for staying at school to complete VCE and their perceptions of the VCE year and its usefulness to them. This study was prompted by current changes in perceptions of the purpose of post compulsory education shown by government drives for high retention rates in Year 12 and moves for vocationally oriented competency based curricula. Such moves have implied a broader definition of VCE than its traditional role as a means of …

Moral Education: From Aristotle To Harry Stottlemeier, Michael Pritchard

Michael Pritchard

Quest: The Interactive Test Analysis System, Ray Adams, Siek Khoo

Dr Siek Toon Khoo

This is a guide to using Quest. Quest offers a comprehensive test and questionnaire analysis environment by providing a data analyst with access to the most recent developments in Rasch measurement theory, as well as a range of traditional analysis procedures. It includes an easy to use control language with flexible and informative output. Quest can be used to construct and validate variables based on both dichotomous and polychotomous observations. It scores and analyses such instruments as multiple choice tests, Likert type rating scales, short answer items, and partial credit items.

Combining Feedback And Assessment Via Web‐Based Homework [Invited], Randall W. Hall, Leslie G. Butler, Neil R. Kestner, Patrick A. Limbach

Randall W. Hall