Psychometrics

Jean Anyon’s study questions and presents finding on the relationship between Social Class and School Knowledge. The study reveals the natural mechanism of upbringing, schooling and the status attached to these constructs, react to maintain varying levels or stratification of knowledge and double standard of living. These findings are a representation of Albert Bandura’s reciprocal determinism, which is based on the premise that a person’s behavior both influences and is influenced by personal…

Article Critique One Main Idea W. James Popham, a former UCLA Professor, argues that standardized achievement tests should not be used to measure the effectiveness of a school or its teachers, even though the tests were and are still often used for such a purpose. Popham believes that while these tests roughly measure a student’s strengths and weakness and can provide useful information to both teachers and parents, they are, however, inadequate evaluating tools to gauge a school’s effectiveness…

Diane Ravitch said, “Sometimes, the most brilliant and intelligent minds do not shine in standardized tests because they do not have standardized minds.” In 2002, the No Child Left Behind Act was initiated and mandated annual testing in all 50 states. Since then, the U.S. dropped from 18th in the world in math with a similar decline in science. Standardized testing has been a topic of conversation since the beginning of No Child Left Behind, and it needs to be solved. It affects teachers and…

Color has been around us and even exists in educational setting. Previous studies show the debilitating effect of red on challenging mental tasks (e.g., IQ Test). Here, we hypothesized that perceiving red—a harsh color, will result in lower test scores. There were 32 university students (12 men, 20 women) in the present work. They were randomly assigned to red, blue, and white test papers. Results showed a higher group means from the red test paper condition. This discrepancy is likely due to…

The purpose of the current study is to examine how standardized language assessment affects Chinese young learners’ motivation for second language learning. Adopting the L2 Motivational Self System as the theoretical framework, this survey-based research uses two sets of questionnaires among 6th-grade test takers of MSEET in a Chinese urban city. This study uses a pre-test questionnaire to elicit 6th-grade young learners’ self-perceptions about how their L2 motivation has been influenced by…

1. Evaluation and Revision Phase a. Self-Evaluation In this phase, the writer evaluated the developed product. Some inappropriate words found in developed product. Additionally, some mistakes in grammar were also found. The writer commonly made mistake in the use of to be past in present adverbs. The examples of corrections toward prototype 1 are described in Table 5 below. b. Expert Review In this phase, the developed product was evaluated by two experts who had different expertise namely…

Surveys are research instruments that are used to gather information about a particular subject. They are especially useful when the information needed comes from a wide array of sources. The results from the survey are a representation of the consensus in a given demographic. Surveys are widely used to gather customer feedback that is useful for any business. The surveys come in many formats, with the Likert scale being the most preferred. The Likert scale is a quantitative tool for issuing…

The construct that we have chosen was social introversion. We have operationalized social introversion by stating that one is an introvert if one has a tendency to contemplate and observe before engaging in activities, possesses a high level of self-awareness on one’s actions, feels comfortable in solitude, and tends to reflect on one’s life. As we research into past assessments measuring social introversion, we had realized that this construct had been unfairly put under a negative light.…

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) seeks to promote educational guidelines and practices that reliable scientific research has shown to be helpful, and put a stop to those found to have negative effects. AERA disputes statements on its research-based position on educational matters of public concern. AERA has stated a contemporary problem, which is the increasing use of high-stakes test as instruments of educational procedure. The statement on high-stakes testing is grounded on…

Denver Developmental Screening Tool II: Explanation and Implementation The Denver Developmental Screening Tool II (DDSTII) is a revision of DDST and DDST-R and is the most widely used developmental screening tool for examining children. It was developed at the University of Colorado Medical Center in Denver, Colorado; hence it’s name. It screens a child for cognitive delays and behavioral problems from birth to 6 years of age. The sooner the delay is picked up the sooner the child can get…