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Telling Tales: On Evaluation and Narrative. Advances in Program Evaluation. Volume 6.
Abma, Tineke, Ed.; Stake, Robert E, Ed. – 1999
Essays in this collection explore what a narrative perspective can mean for the practice of program evaluation. Narratives illuminate the value and meaning of a program or policy and can indicate the actions that need to be taken to improve it or to prevent failures in the future. The essays are: (1) "Introduction: Narrative Perspectives on…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Foreign Countries, Narration
SIMCA T 1.0: A SAS Computer Program for Simulating Computer Adaptive Testing
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Raiche, Gilles; Blais, Jean-Guy – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2006
Monte Carlo methodologies are frequently applied to study the sampling distribution of the estimated proficiency level in adaptive testing. These methods eliminate real situational constraints. However, these Monte Carlo methodologies are not currently supported by the available software programs, and when these programs are available, their…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Sampling, Adaptive Testing
Some Features of the Sampling Distribution of the Ability Estimate in Computerized Adaptive Testing According to Two Stopping Rules.
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Blais, Jean-Guy; Raiche, Gilles – 2002
This paper examines some characteristics of the statistics associated with the sampling distribution of the proficiency level estimate when the Rasch model is used. These characteristics allow the judgment of the meaning to be given to the proficiency level estimate obtained in adaptive testing, and as a consequence, they can illustrate the…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Error of Measurement, Estimation (Mathematics)
Keynote Address and Background Papers. National Assembly on Foreign Language and International Studies (Racine, Wisconsin, October 30-November 1, 1980).
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1980
The conference papers presented here discuss the need for and means of implementing changes in educational design and emphasis that will recognize the need for Americans to incorporate foreign language and international studies into their education. In addition to the opening address by Richard Berendzen, the following papers are included: (1)…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, College Role, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
Access Denied: Race, Ethnicity, and the Scientific Enterprise.
Campbell, George, Jr., Ed.; Denes, Ronni, Ed.; Morrison, Catherine, Ed. – 2000
This book presents selected papers from a conference whose objective was to determine the policies needed to foster the involvement of minorities in science, engineering, and mathematics. The following papers were presented: (1) "Introduction" (Eugene Cota-Robles); (2) "United States Demographics" (George Campbell, Jr.); (3) "A Practitioner's…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering, Equal Education
"Mexico in Transition." Curriculum Units.
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Oregon Univ., Eugene. Foreign Language Resource Center. – 1994
These curriculum units were developed in a National Endowment for the Humanities 1994 summer seminar "Mexico in Transition." The 23 lessons are written in Spanish. Lessons are entitled: (1) "La Migracion Mexicana Vista a Traves del Cuento 'Paso del Norte' de Juan Rulfo" (Jose Jorge Armendariz); (2) "Los Grupos Indigenas de…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Drama, Foreign Countries, Geography
Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM) (7th, London, United Kingdom, July 4-7, 2014)
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Stamper, John, Ed.; Pardos, Zachary, Ed.; Mavrikis, Manolis, Ed.; McLaren, Bruce M., Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2014
The 7th International Conference on Education Data Mining held on July 4th-7th, 2014, at the Institute of Education, London, UK is the leading international forum for high-quality research that mines large data sets in order to answer educational research questions that shed light on the learning process. These data sets may come from the traces…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Data Processing, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Comparative Education. ASHE Reader Series.
Kempner, Ken, Ed.; Mollis, Marcela, Ed.; Tierney, William G., Ed. – 1998
The chapters in this collection explore why particular national higher education systems operate as they do and the effects these systems have on one another, on national and global development, and on the production of knowledge. The works included in this reader address the assessment of inputs and outputs of institutions and the meaning these…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cultural Differences, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries