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Teacher Evaluation Uncoupled : A Discussion Of Teacher Evaluation Policies And Practices In Australian States And Their Relation To Quality Teaching And Learning, Elizabeth Kleinhenz, Lawrence Ingvarson, Rod Chadbourne Apr 2010

Teacher Evaluation Uncoupled : A Discussion Of Teacher Evaluation Policies And Practices In Australian States And Their Relation To Quality Teaching And Learning, Elizabeth Kleinhenz, Lawrence Ingvarson, Rod Chadbourne

Dr Elizabeth Kleinhenz

No abstract provided.


How Not To Evaluate Teachers, Lawrence Ingvarson, Elizabeth Kleinhenz Apr 2010

How Not To Evaluate Teachers, Lawrence Ingvarson, Elizabeth Kleinhenz

Dr Elizabeth Kleinhenz

This article discusses attempts in the United Kingdom to link teacher pay to performance, highlighting the difficulty of developing a fair and credible system for assessing teacher performance.


Common Data Set 2000-01, Sharon Schmidtz Dec 2001

Common Data Set 2000-01, Sharon Schmidtz

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Common data set for 2000-2001.


Keberfungsian Butir Diferensial Perangkat Tes Ebtanas Kimia Sekolah Menengah Umum Di Jawa Tengah, Purwo Susongko, Djemari Mardapi Dec 2001

Keberfungsian Butir Diferensial Perangkat Tes Ebtanas Kimia Sekolah Menengah Umum Di Jawa Tengah, Purwo Susongko, Djemari Mardapi

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui: (1) karakteristik butir dari perangkat tes Kimia pada Ebtanas SMU di Jawa Tengah tahun pelajaran 1998/1999 ditinjau dari teori respons butir, (2) keberfungsian butir diferensial yang terjadi antara peserta tes dari rayon-rayon nonkodya dan peserta tes dari rayon kodya.

Populasi penelitian ini adalah seluruh lembar jawaban peserta tes yang menggunakan perangkat tes Kimia pada Ebtanas paket utama I dengan kode U1/D15/99 di Jawa Tengah tahun Pelajaran 1998/1999 yang berjumlah 17.134 lembar jawab berasal dari 6 rayon kodya dan 3 rayon nonkodya. Pengambilan sampel ditempuh melalui dua tahap. Tahap pertama untuk menentukan wilayah, tahap kedua untuk …


Implementasi Program Pembinaan Napi Di Lapas Kelas Ii B Metro, Narsidi Narsidi, Wuraji Wuraji Dec 2001

Implementasi Program Pembinaan Napi Di Lapas Kelas Ii B Metro, Narsidi Narsidi, Wuraji Wuraji

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkap kesiapan sarana fisik dan nonfisik, jenis program pembinaan yang dilaksanakan, proses pelaksanaan program pembinaan, hasil, dan kemanfaatan program bagi narapidana di Lapas.

Penelitian ini adalah jenis penelitian studi kasus dengan pendekatan kualitatif fenomenologis naturalistik.

Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui teknik observasi dan wawancara Teknik analisis data menggunakan model analisis interaktif dari Miles dan Huberman (1984).

Hasil analisis data menunjukkan, bahwa Lapas Kelas II B Metro secara nonfisik masih memiliki kekurangan, baik kuantitas maupun kualitas. Proses pembinaan narapidana di Lapas belum banyak mengadopsi teori pembelajaran orang dewasa sehingga model pembelajarannya masih cenderung menggunakan model pembelajaran anak-anak (paedagogik). …


Iklim Belajar Dan Iklim Praktik Serta Produktivitas Belajar Ditinjau Dari Aspek Kepemimpinan Kepala Sekolah Dalam Konteks Pendidikan Sistem Ganda, Hakim Hakim, Sarbiran Sarbiran Dec 2001

Iklim Belajar Dan Iklim Praktik Serta Produktivitas Belajar Ditinjau Dari Aspek Kepemimpinan Kepala Sekolah Dalam Konteks Pendidikan Sistem Ganda, Hakim Hakim, Sarbiran Sarbiran

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui peibedaan: (1) kepemimpinan kepala sekolah, (2) iklim belajar, (3) iklim praktik, dan (4) produktivitas belajar siswa. Jenis penelitian ini adalah causal-comparative research. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di SMK Negeri 2 Yogyakarta dan SMK Negeri 2 Depok Sleman Yogyakarta pada Junisan Bangunan Gedung. Sumber datanya meliputi kepala sekolah, staf, guru, dan siswa.

Data penelitian dikumpulkan dengan menggunakan angket, observasi, dan dokumentasi. Kesahihan instrumen penelitian diuji dengan menggunakan analisis faktor, dan keandalan instrumen diuji dengan menggunakan koefisien alpha dari Cronbach. Dari hasil uji coba instrumen telah memenuhi persyaratan vatiditas dan reliabilitas. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan analisis deskriptif dan …


Pola Pembinaan Anak Usia Prasekolah Melalui Prinsip-Prinsip Bermain Sambil Belajar, Marjuni Marjuni, Sodiq Ak Dec 2001

Pola Pembinaan Anak Usia Prasekolah Melalui Prinsip-Prinsip Bermain Sambil Belajar, Marjuni Marjuni, Sodiq Ak

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan mengenai penyusunan program bermain, pelaksanaan pembinaan bermain, pandangan tutor tentang pendidikan anak usia prasekolah, upaya pengembangan profesi tutor di tempat penitipan anak. Hasil penelitian ini bermanfaat bagi tutor, dan pengelola tempat penitipan anak serta lembaga yang terkait guna meningkatkan kualitas pembinaan pendidikan anak.

Subjek penelitian adalah tutor kepala, anak asuh tempat penitipan anak. Pendekatan yang digunakan yaitu kualitatif fenomenologik naturalistik. Pengumpulan data menggunakan pengamatan, wawancara mendalam dan dokumentasi, teknik triangulasi digunakan untuk pemeriksaan keabsahan data. Data yang telah terkumpul dianalisis dengan menggunakan model interaktif dari Miles dan Huberman.

Dari hasil penelitian dapat disimpulkan: (1) terdapat …


Segi Kultural Relijius Perpindahan Keraton Kartasura Ke Surakarta, Sarmino Sarmino, Husain Haikal Dec 2001

Segi Kultural Relijius Perpindahan Keraton Kartasura Ke Surakarta, Sarmino Sarmino, Husain Haikal

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Keraton dapat diartikan sebagai bangunan fisik juga sebagai entitas sosial. Sebagai bangunan fisik, keraton tidak hanya berkedudukan sebagai pusat pemerintahan dan kebudayaan, tetapi juga pusat magis kerajaan. Raja, menurut konsepsi orang Jawa berkewajiban membuat kehidupan masyarakatnya sejahtera lahir batin. Oleh rakyatnya raja dianggap sakral dan magis. Demikian pula benda-benda yang dimilikinya. Sebagai entitas sosial, berupa masyarakat dan komunitas yang di dalamnya terjadi interaksi sosial, baik secara individual maupun kolektif. Penelitian ini meliputi keraton sebagai bangunan fisik yang berkedudukan sebagai pusat pemerintahan dan kebudayaan, juga segi kultural relijius perpindahan keraton Kartasura ke Surakarta. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode historis atau sejarah. Segi …


Sekolah Unggulan Berasrama Model Smu Taruna Nusantara Magelang Jawa Tengah, Asep Sukendar, Fx Sudarsono Dec 2001

Sekolah Unggulan Berasrama Model Smu Taruna Nusantara Magelang Jawa Tengah, Asep Sukendar, Fx Sudarsono

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memperoleh data yang akurat dan objektif tentang pelaksanaan program pendidikan dan pembinaan siswa SMU Taruna Nusantara Magelang sebagai salah satu sekolah unggulan di Indonesia, berdasarkan komponen pendidikan yang dimilikinya. Alasan dipilihnya SMU Taruna Nusantara sebagai objek penelitian karena sekolah ini dianggap memiliki keunggulan di bidang input, sarana-prasarana, lingkungan belajar, serta SMU berasrama penuh. Hasil penelitian ini dapat dimanfaatkan untuk dijadikan acuan bagi sekolah-sekolah sejenis yang memiliki wawasan kualitas sebagai tujuan utamanya.

Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif evaluasi melalui pendekatan fenomenologis yang sifatnya studi kasus.

Hasil yang diperoleh antara lain: rekrutmen calon siswa dan guru SMU …


Pengaruh Kemandirian Dan Kemampuan Menyesuaikan Diri Terhadap Prestasi Belajar Siswa Full Day School, Rina Febriana, Sarbiran Sarbiran Dec 2001

Pengaruh Kemandirian Dan Kemampuan Menyesuaikan Diri Terhadap Prestasi Belajar Siswa Full Day School, Rina Febriana, Sarbiran Sarbiran

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkap: (1) tingkat kemandirian siswa Full Day School; (2) tingkat kemampuan menyesuaikan diri siswa Full Day School; (3) prestasi belajar siswa Full Day School; (4) pengamh kemandirian terhadap prestasi belajar siswa Full Day School; (5) pengamh kemampuan menyesuaikan diri terhadap prestasi belajar siswa Full Day School; dan (6) hubungan antara kemandirian dengan kemampuan menyesuaikan diri pada siswa Full Day School.

Populasi penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas VI Sekolah Dasar Islam Terpadu (SDIT) di wilayah Jakarta dan Depok. Sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas VI sebanyak 65 siswa. Karena subjek penelitian ini termasuk subjek …


Asesmen Kebutuhan Peningkatan Kemampuan Tutor Dalam Pembelajaran Keaksaraan Fungsional, Samto Samto, Sumarno Sumarno Dec 2001

Asesmen Kebutuhan Peningkatan Kemampuan Tutor Dalam Pembelajaran Keaksaraan Fungsional, Samto Samto, Sumarno Sumarno

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: 1) mengembangkan standar kemampuan tutor keaksaraan fungsional, 2) mengembangkan instrumen asesmen kebutuhan, 3) mengetahui profil kemampuan tutor dalam pembelajaran keaksaraan fungsional, dan 4) menentukan priontas kemampuan yang diperlukan dalam program in-service training.

Standar kemampuan dikembangkan dengan menggunakan teknik Delphi. Instrumen asesmen kemampuan tutor dikembangkan berdasarkan standar kemampuan. Profil kemampuan tutor dideskripsikan ke dalam kelompok baik sekali, baik, kurang, dan kurang sekali dengan acuan kriteria sekor ideal yang dapat dicapai oleh instrumen. Pengelompokan kemampuan tutor menggunakan data sampel sebanyak 93 orang tutor dari populasi sebesar 120 orang. Penentuan prioritas kemampuan yang perlu ditingkatkan berdasarkan pada rerata sekor …


Kontribusi Pemenuhan Kebutuhan Psikis Dan Integritas Keluarga Terhadap Penyesuaian Diri, Suharni Suharni, Sayekti Sayekti Dec 2001

Kontribusi Pemenuhan Kebutuhan Psikis Dan Integritas Keluarga Terhadap Penyesuaian Diri, Suharni Suharni, Sayekti Sayekti

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: (1) mendapatkan gambaran tentang tingkat pemenuhan kebutuhan psikis, integritas keluarga, dan penyesuaian diri mahasiswa; (2) mengetahui kontribusi pemenuhan kebutuhan psikis dan integritas keluarga terhadap penyesuaian diri di kampus. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian ex-post facto dengan metode kuantitatif.

Populasi penelitian ini adalah seluruh mahasiswa Universitas PGRI Yogyakarta angkatan tahun 1999/2000, dan sampel penelitiannya adalah 225 orang mahasiswa yang belum bekerja dan belum berkeluarga. Pengambilan sampel menggunakan teknik purposive quota random sampling Data dikumpulkan dengan angket, yang meliputi tiga perangkat instrumen, yaitu instrumen tentang pemenuhan kebutuhan psikis, integritas keluarga, dan penyesuaian diri. Tiap-tiap instrumen di uji coba dan …


Efisiensi Internal Smk Program Studi Sekretaris Tahun Pelajaran 1994/1995-1996/1997 Di Kabupaten Klaten Jawa Tengah, Winarso Winarso, Dakir Dakir Dec 2001

Efisiensi Internal Smk Program Studi Sekretaris Tahun Pelajaran 1994/1995-1996/1997 Di Kabupaten Klaten Jawa Tengah, Winarso Winarso, Dakir Dakir

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui efisiensi internal SMK Program Studi Sekretaris di Kabupaten Klaten Tahun Ajaran 1994/1995-1996/1997. Populasi sekaligus sebagai sampel penelitian yaitu 17 SMK yang terdiri dari 4 negeri dan 13 swasta. Uji validitas instnimen pada validitas tampak pertimbangan para ahli (expert judgement).

Teknik analisis data dengan deskriptif dilanjutkan dengan cost-effectiveness analysis.

Hasil penelitian menunjukkan tingkat efisiensi internal sebagai berikut: Pertama: ditinjau dari indikator-indikator: 1. Masukan Pendidikan: a) rata-rata untuk pengeluaran gaji guru selama tiga bulan sebesar Rp. 5.379.470,00; b) rata-rata untuk pengeluaran fasilitas praktik selama tiga tahun sebesar Rp. 5.126.470,00; 2. Produk Pendidikan: a) rata-rata kenaikan kelas 99,99%; b) …


Evaluasi Program Pendidikan Ketermapilan Pkk Pada Sekolah Lanjutan Tingkat Pertama (Sltp) Di Kabupaten Sleman, Kapti Asiatun, Djemari Mardapi Dec 2001

Evaluasi Program Pendidikan Ketermapilan Pkk Pada Sekolah Lanjutan Tingkat Pertama (Sltp) Di Kabupaten Sleman, Kapti Asiatun, Djemari Mardapi

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui seberapa jauh program pendidikan keterampilan PKK dapat dilaksanakan. Aspek yang diamati adalah: ketepatan dan kelayakan rancangan program, kesiapan segenap sumber yang terlibat dalam melaksanakan program, partisipasi siswa dan guru, strategi pelaksanaan proses pembelajaran, tingkat ketercapaian tujuan, serta hasil dan dampaknya bagi siswa setelah mengikuti program.

Metode penelitian menggunakan pendekatan sistem dengan model CBPP (Context, Input, Process, Product) dari Stufflebeam. Populasi penelitian adalah seluruh SLTP yang melaksanakan program pendidikan keterampilan PKK di Kabupaten Sleman. Sampel ditentukan dengan menggunakan tehnik purposive sampling. Responden dipilih sebagai sampel sebanyak 234 orang siswa, dan 9 orang guru bidang studi dari …


"Have Gone To Atlanta": The Diary Entries Of Private Van Buren Oldham, March 13, 1864 To August 1, 1864, Dieter C. Ullrich Dec 2001

"Have Gone To Atlanta": The Diary Entries Of Private Van Buren Oldham, March 13, 1864 To August 1, 1864, Dieter C. Ullrich

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

From March 13th to August 1, 1864, Private Van Buren Oldham of Company G, 9th Tennessee Volunteers, served as a Confederate infantryman in the Army of Tennessee. During those five months he was one of many soldiers that participated in skirmishes and battles in north Georgia and the defenses before Atlanta.


Lsay Cohort Report The Year 9 Class Of 1995 In 2000: Experiences In Education And Employment, Sheldon Rothman Dec 2001

Lsay Cohort Report The Year 9 Class Of 1995 In 2000: Experiences In Education And Employment, Sheldon Rothman

LSAY Cohort Reports

This report provides details of the experiences of the 1995 cohort of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (abbreviated to LSAY Y95) at a single point in time. Information on this cohort was first collected in 1995, when these young people were Year 9 students in Australian schools. The reference period for this report is 2000. Nearly all of the cohort had completed secondary school, and more than half were undertaking some type of study.


A Profile Of The 2000 Western Washington University Graduating Class, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney, Evelyn Albrecht Dec 2001

A Profile Of The 2000 Western Washington University Graduating Class, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney, Evelyn Albrecht

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

A PROFILE OF THE 2000 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY GRADUATING CLASS Prepared by Gary R. McKinney and Evelyn Albrecht INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Information for this research summary was obtained from the Student Tracking System, jointly maintained by the Registrar's Office and the Office of Institutional Assessment and Testing (OIAT). The report presents in¬ formation intended to provide insights into the various characteristics of 2000 Western Washington University graduates (academic year:Fall Quarter, 1999, through Summer quarter, 2000). Western graduated 2392 in 2000, compared to 2417 in 1999, 2433 students in 1998 and 2438 in 1997. To date, the class of 1996, with …


The Effects Of Learning To Learn: Nine Years Of Data From Western Michigan University, Kimberly A. Morrill Dec 2001

The Effects Of Learning To Learn: Nine Years Of Data From Western Michigan University, Kimberly A. Morrill

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine what effect the LTL course had on student grade point averages and graduation rates at Western Michigan University. Three hundred fifty seven undergraduate students who took the LTL class between Fall semester 1987 and Winter semester 1995 were selected as the experimental group. The LTL students were divided into categories based on whether they were Beginners, Transfers, or Re-entries. The three groups of students were matched with control subjects based on demographic variables and academic history using logistic regression. Statistics were computed on all subjects in terms of the differences between the …


A Study Of The Effect Of Group Family Play On Family Relations For Families With Children Considered At-Risk For Educational Failure, Carmen Colleen Baldus Dec 2001

A Study Of The Effect Of Group Family Play On Family Relations For Families With Children Considered At-Risk For Educational Failure, Carmen Colleen Baldus

Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Coherence And Historical Understanding In Children's Biography And Historical Nonfiction Literature: A Content Analysis Of Selected Orbis Pictus Books, Sandip Leeanne Wilson Dec 2001

Coherence And Historical Understanding In Children's Biography And Historical Nonfiction Literature: A Content Analysis Of Selected Orbis Pictus Books, Sandip Leeanne Wilson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate a selection of children's historical nonfiction literature for evidence of coherence. Although research has been conducted on coherence of textbook material and its influences on comprehension there has been limited study on coherence in children's nonfiction literature. Generally, textual coherence has been seen as critical in the comprehensibility of content area textbooks because it concerns the unity of connections among ideas and information. Disciplinary coherence concerns the extent to which authors of historical text show readers how historians think and write. Since young readers are apprentices in learning historical content and conventions …


Comparison Of The Academic Achievement Of Primary School Students In Multiage And Traditional Classrooms., Mary Frances Harmon Dec 2001

Comparison Of The Academic Achievement Of Primary School Students In Multiage And Traditional Classrooms., Mary Frances Harmon

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether students in a kindergarten/first-grade multiage class achieve at a different level than students enrolled in a traditional kindergarten or first-grade class in a selected primary school in East Tennessee. The question of the interaction between gender and type of instruction was also analyzed.

The causal comparative quantitative research method was used to analyze data differentiating between students enrolled in multiage and traditional classes, retrospectively. A t-test was used to determine the level of performance the students demonstrated on the BRIGANCE K Screen at the beginning of the study. The number of …


What We Can Learn From Timss: Comparison Of Australian And Russian Timss-R Results In Algebra, Alla Routitsky, Susan Zammit Nov 2001

What We Can Learn From Timss: Comparison Of Australian And Russian Timss-R Results In Algebra, Alla Routitsky, Susan Zammit

Dr Alla Routitsky

No abstract provided.


Better Than Beige : Designing Assessment Tasks To Enhance Learning And Measure Growth In The Early Years Of School, Prue Anderson, Marion Meiers Nov 2001

Better Than Beige : Designing Assessment Tasks To Enhance Learning And Measure Growth In The Early Years Of School, Prue Anderson, Marion Meiers

Prue Anderson

'I think of our school as beige. We tend to be the average of 'like' schools. Can we do better than that?' In order to promote growth in student learning and demonstrate achievement schools require rich assessment tasks that enhance the teaching and learning cycle and provide a valid and reliable measure of growth. This paper examines the five linked sets of assessment tasks that have been developed to progressively measure growth in literacy and numeracy in the first three years of school. The tasks were designed for the ACER Longitudinal Literacy and Numeracy Survey (LLANS). The tasks are based …


A Timeline Of The Racialist Movement In The United States: A Teaching Tool, Rebecca Katz, Paul J. Baker, Arthur J. Jipson Nov 2001

A Timeline Of The Racialist Movement In The United States: A Teaching Tool, Rebecca Katz, Paul J. Baker, Arthur J. Jipson

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

No abstract provided.


Vet In Schools : Participation And Pathways, Sue Fullarton Nov 2001

Vet In Schools : Participation And Pathways, Sue Fullarton

LSAY Research Reports

The introduction of vocational education and training (VET) programs into secondary schools is a significant development in Australian education. VET programs are intended to broaden the range of curriculum offerings and provide young people with another pathway to work and tertiary education. A key feature of the secondary VET programs in Australia is that they comply with the National Training Framework and also form part of students' senior secondary certificate. This report uses a substantial national data set to analyses the levels of participation in VET in Schools, the characteristics of the young people who take VET programs, and their …


Tertiary Entrance Performance : The Role Of Student Background And School Factors, Gary Marks, Julie Mcmillan, Kylie Hillman Nov 2001

Tertiary Entrance Performance : The Role Of Student Background And School Factors, Gary Marks, Julie Mcmillan, Kylie Hillman

LSAY Research Reports

This report examines the tertiary entrance performance of students in Year 12 in 1998 using data from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) project to address a variety of issues relating to tertiary entrance performance. The first part of the report examines the relationship between tertiary entrance performance and a variety of demographic, socioeconomic, educational and psychological factors. The second part focuses on individual schools, examining the impact of schools on student performance. School effectiveness is also addressed in this report.


Participation And Achievement In Vet Of Non-Completers Of School, Katrina Ball, Stephen Lamb Nov 2001

Participation And Achievement In Vet Of Non-Completers Of School, Katrina Ball, Stephen Lamb

LSAY Research Reports

This report examines the vocational and training (VET) activities and experiences of non-completers of Year 12 in the initial post- school years. It investigates differences between those who participate in VET after leaving school and those who do not. It also reviews VET achievement examining results in the VET courses undertaken by non-completers. The report provides information on the characteristics and success rates of non-completers who participated in VET, concentrating on the characteristics and achievement levels of those non-completers who participated in VET according to their specific study programs. The analyses were based on data from the Y95 cohort of …


Food Chains And Food Webs – Some Assessment Ideas, Gayl O'Connor Oct 2001

Food Chains And Food Webs – Some Assessment Ideas, Gayl O'Connor

Gayl O'Connor

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Test-Taker Sex, Audience And Topic On Task Performance In Tape-Mediated Assessment Of Speaking, Tom Lumley, Barry O'Sullivan Oct 2001

The Effect Of Test-Taker Sex, Audience And Topic On Task Performance In Tape-Mediated Assessment Of Speaking, Tom Lumley, Barry O'Sullivan

Dr Tom Lumley

There is growing interest in the effect on candidate performance of characteristics of the interlocutor in tests of speaking. A range of variables associated with the interlocutor may cause systematic variation in linguistic performance, and consequently in scores awarded. This paper hypothesises that there may be effects on performance attributable to an interaction of these variables; in the present study, the task topic, the sex of the person presenting the topic and the sex of the candidate. This investigated in the context of a tape-mediated test of speaking, where no interlocutor is actually present; instead, stimulus material is presented by …


Netexam: A Web-Based Assessment Tool For Abet2000, Fred W. Depiero Oct 2001

Netexam: A Web-Based Assessment Tool For Abet2000, Fred W. Depiero

Electrical Engineering

Abstract ⎯ NetExam is a web-based testing engine. In addition to automated testing and grading capabilities, NetExam computes statistics that are tied directly to program outcomes, for ABET2000 assessment purposes. NetExam provides advantages over scantron-style testing as it also presents statistics on program outcomes on the web. This facilitates review and black board-style comments by program constituents. Also, all of the exam generation, grading, statistics and program assessment features are integrated into the web-based system. First usage is planned for the 2001-2002 academic year.