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This work covers topics such as: the psychometric and cognitive theory of item generation; construct-oriented approaches to item generation; implementation; and applications of item-generative principles.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Authors: Air Force Human Resources Laboratory, Educational Testing Service
Other Authors: Irvine, S. H., Kyllonen, Patrick C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, ©2002.
Subjects:
Examinations > Design and construction > Congresses.
Item response theory > Congresses.
Examens > Élaboration > Congrès.
Théorie des réponses aux items > Congrès.
EDUCATION > Evaluation.
STUDY AIDS > Tests.
EDUCATION > Testing & Measurement.
Examinations > Design and construction
Item response theory
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contributors
  • Foreword / Henry Braun
  • Item generation for test development: an introduction / Sidney H. Irvine
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue and Epilogue: Remembering Samuel J. Messick
  • PART I: PSYCHOMETRIC AND COGNITIVE THEORY OF ITEM GENERATION. Chapter One. The foundations of item generation for mass testing / Sidney H. Irvine
  • Chapter Two. Using the psychology of reasoning to predict the difficulty of analytical reasoning problems / Stephen Newstead, Peter Bradon, Simon Handley, Jonathan Evans, and Ian Dennis
  • Chapter Three. Approaches to modeling item-generative tests / Ian Dennis, Simon Handley, Peter Bradon, Jonathan Evans, and Stephen Newstead
  • Discussant remarks / Len Swanson
  • Discussion
  • PART II: CONSTRUCT-ORIENTED APPROACHES TO ITEM GENERATION. Chapter Four. On the roles of task model variables in assessment design / Robert J. Mislevy, Linda S. Steinberg, and Russell G. Almond
  • Chapter Five. Modeling the difficulty of quantitative reasoning items: implications for item generation / Mary K. Enright and Kathleen M. Sheehan
  • Chapter Six. Item-generation models for higher order cognitive functions / Lutz F. Hornke
  • Discussant remarks / Charles Lewis
  • Discussion
  • PART Ill. FROM THEORY TO IMPLEMENTATION. Chapter Seven. Generative testing: from conception to implementation / Isaac I. Bejar
  • Chapter Eight. Generating abstract reasoning items with cognitive theory / Susan E. Embretson
  • Chapter Nine. Item generation for repeated testing of human performance / Patrick C. Kyllonen
  • Chapter Ten. Scoring tests when items have been generated / David Wright
  • Chapter Eleven. On the automatic generation of test items: some whens, whys, and hows / Howard Wainer
  • Discussion
  • PART IV. APPLICATIONS OF ITEM-GENERATIVE PRINCIPLES. Chapter Twelve. The MICROPAT pilot selection battery: applications of generative techniques for item-based and task-based tests / Dave Bartram
  • Chapter Thirteen. On the implementation of item-generation principles for the design of aptitude testing in aviation / Klaus-Martin Goeters and Bernd Lorenz
  • Chapter Fourteen. Item generation and beyond: applications of schema theory to mathematics assessment / Mark K. Singley and Randy E. Bennett
  • Discussant remarks / Rick Morgan
  • Discussion
  • Author index
  • Subject index
  • About the editors.

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