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1 online resource (xxxii, 412 pages) : illustrations |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Based on a conference organized by the Air Force Human Research Laboratory and ETS Research |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Examinations -- Design and construction -- Congresses
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Item response theory -- Congresses
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EDUCATION -- Evaluation.
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STUDY AIDS -- Tests.
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EDUCATION -- Testing & Measurement.
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Examinations -- Design and construction
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Item response theory
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Irvine, S. H.
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Kyllonen, Patrick C.
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Air Force Human Resources Laboratory.
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Educational Testing Service.
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| ISBN |
058541842X |
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9780585418421 |
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9781135663209 |
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1135663203 |
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9780805834413 |
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0805834419 |
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1138973475 |
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9781138973473 |
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1299285198 |
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9781299285194 |
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