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Assessment and Evaluation of Developmental Learning Qualitative Individual Assessment and Evaluation Models
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Book Code: C4308
ISBN: 0-275-94308-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-94308-0
344 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 1/30/1998
List Price: $125.00 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: As the technological demands of a rapidly changing society impact the training needs of the industrial sector, mechanisms for identifying learner strengths as well as weaknesses are needed to optimize the training process. In addition, there is a need for processes for evaluating the effectiveness of programs focused on the developmental needs of learners. Traditional measures, such as norm-referenced paradigms, do not meet the criteria established for developmental assessment. This book will provide the technical details needed to construct instruments as well as evaluate programs using a recently developed technique called item response theory, which meets the criteria for developmental assessment.
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • The History of Assessment
  • Constructing a Preliminary Item Bank
  • A Primer on Latent Trait Theory
  • Norm-Referenced Assessments
  • Item Response Theory
  • Criterion-Referenced Assessments
  • Comparisons Using Assessment Results
  • Measurement in Transition
  • Principles of Developmental Learning
  • Fundamentals of Developmental Learning Theory
  • Appendix A: An Instrument for Studying Developmental Dynamics
  • Bibliography
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index
LC Card Number: 95-19344
LCC Class: LB3051
Dewey Class: 371
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