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From Testing to Productive Student Learning: Implementing Formative Assessment in Confucian-Heritage Settings. Routledge Research in Education
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Carless, David – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2010
Research evidence indicates that formative assessment is one of the most effective ways of enhancing student learning. It is, however, difficult to implement successfully, principally because what is tested through summative assessment has such a powerful influence on teacher and student actions. This book scrutinizes the relationship between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, Formative Evaluation, Educational Testing
Knowledge and Innovation: A Comparative Study of the USA, the UK and Japan. Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology
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Brown, Helen – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
This new book presents case studies from the US, the UK and Japan. Packed full of vignettes from cases studies and subscribing to a socio-cultural approach rather than the often tacit assumption that knowledge and "technology transfer" is a logistical problem, this excellent volume illuminates the often misunderstood process of knowledge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Vignettes
Handbook of Polytomous Item Response Theory Models
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Nering, Michael L., Ed.; Ostini, Remo, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2010
This comprehensive "Handbook" focuses on the most used polytomous item response theory (IRT) models. These models help us understand the interaction between examinees and test questions where the questions have various response categories. The book reviews all of the major models and includes discussions about how and where the models…
Descriptors: Guides, Item Response Theory, Test Items, Correlation