{"title":"Hints, multiple attempts, and learning outcomes in a computer-based formative assessment system","authors":"Jinnie Choi, Mikolaj Bogucki","doi":"10.1504/ijqre.2020.10033500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijqre.2020.10033500","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90868,"journal":{"name":"International journal of quantitative research in education","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66693539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using cluster analysis to explore students' interactions with automated feedback in an online Earth science task","authors":"Mengxiao Zhu, O. Liu, Hee-Sun Lee","doi":"10.1504/ijqre.2020.10033502","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijqre.2020.10033502","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90868,"journal":{"name":"International journal of quantitative research in education","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66693590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can non-responses speak louder than words Examining patterns of item non-response in TIMSS 2015","authors":"E. Papanastasiou","doi":"10.1504/ijqre.2020.10033505","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijqre.2020.10033505","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90868,"journal":{"name":"International journal of quantitative research in education","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66693604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A comparison of linear and equipercentile equating and IRT equating with FIPC across multidimensional test forms for non-equivalent groups","authors":"Ki Cole, S. Kim, M. Mwavita","doi":"10.1504/IJQRE.2019.10021821","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJQRE.2019.10021821","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study was to compare linear equating (Levine and Tucker), equipercentile equating, and true and observed score IRT equating with fixed item parameter calibration methods when applied to non-equivalent groups taking forms which have various multidimensional structures: equal or unequal total test difficulty and similar or dissimilar difficulty within dimensions across forms. This situation may be common for large-scale test forms that are composed of multiple sub-content areas and are being administered to examinees of mixed abilities at different times. Within the specifications of this study, when forms differ in total difficulty but the difference in difficulty within dimensions is consistent across forms, the linear methods may be preferred. When forms differ in average item difficulty within dimensions, regardless of equal or unequal total test difficulty, the IRT method with fixed item parameter calibration is favoured when data are correlated.","PeriodicalId":90868,"journal":{"name":"International journal of quantitative research in education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47299794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Student academic performance system: quantitative approaches to evaluating and monitoring student progress","authors":"S. Robinson, J. Song","doi":"10.1504/IJQRE.2019.10021827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJQRE.2019.10021827","url":null,"abstract":"Monitoring student performance throughout the course of an academic semester can have a positive impact for students and educators alike in terms of motivating invaluable course redesign, effective student intervention, and practical methodologies for classroom enrichment. Student academic performance systems (SAPS), analytical tools to track student progress, can enhance both learning and academic development. However, these monitoring systems need to be effective, easy to implement, clear to interpret, and based on a framework flexible enough to easily adjust and suit any educational level or course style. We propose a SAPS system designed to monitor student performance, demonstrate that the SAPS system is an efficient and complementary tool for educators, and argue that some form of a SAPS system should be incorporated into every classroom at all instructional levels.","PeriodicalId":90868,"journal":{"name":"International journal of quantitative research in education","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42171335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychometric examination of the academic motivation scale using a Vietnamese university student sample","authors":"Lan Anh Lương, A. Poropat, H. Klieve, K. Thompson","doi":"10.1504/IJQRE.2019.10021816","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJQRE.2019.10021816","url":null,"abstract":"Massification of higher education in Vietnam has brought about both achievements and various issues. Efforts have been made to improve the quality of teaching and learning in higher education, but very little attention has been paid to the issue of student motivation. This study aims to contribute to this area of knowledge by testing the applicability of the academic motivation scale (AMS) in assessing Vietnamese university students' motivation. This was achieved via evaluation of the scale's psychometric properties using data obtained from 648 first year students from a high-ranking university. Using a different approach in model testing, results indicated that the revised seven factor AMS with 23 items best fitted the data. All subscales had satisfactory reliabilities. Thus, the revised AMS can be used to study Vietnamese university students' motivation.","PeriodicalId":90868,"journal":{"name":"International journal of quantitative research in education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46938204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Iftikhar Yusuf Al-Ariqi, Jagannath K. Dange, Mir Mohsin
{"title":"The analysis of MCQs in a newly developed reading comprehension ability test: a study on Yemeni undergraduate EFL learners","authors":"Iftikhar Yusuf Al-Ariqi, Jagannath K. Dange, Mir Mohsin","doi":"10.1504/IJQRE.2019.10021826","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJQRE.2019.10021826","url":null,"abstract":"Studies have shown that the best way to test the students' ability in reading comprehension is the multiple-choice questions (MCQs) for its validity and reliability. This paper tries to assess items and test quality in order to explore the relationship between difficulty index (p-value) and discrimination indices (DIs) with distractor efficiency (DE). The study was conducted among 134 second year Yemeni EFL students in Sana'a University, Yemen. Twenty MCQs analysed for p-value, DI and DE. Results indicated that the mean p-value and DI were 61.92 ± 25.1% and 0.31 ± 0.27, respectively. DI was noted to be maximum at p value range between 40% and 60%. Combining the two indices, 19 items could be called 'good' having a p-value from 20% to 90%, as well as a DI ≥ 0.40. Overall 75% items had two non-functional distractors (NFDs), while 20% items had three functional distractors and 5% had only one functional distractor.","PeriodicalId":90868,"journal":{"name":"International journal of quantitative research in education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48700930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teacher Burnout: A Comparison of Two Cultures Using Confirmatory Factor and Item Response Models.","authors":"Ellen-Ge Denton, William F Chaplin, Melanie Wall","doi":"10.1504/IJQRE.2013.056463","DOIUrl":"10.1504/IJQRE.2013.056463","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present study addresses teacher burnout and in particular cultural differences and similarities in burnout. We used the Maslach Burnout Inventory Education Survey (MBI-ES) as the starting point for developing a latent model of burnout in two cultures; Jamaica W.I. teachers (N= 150) and New York City teachers (N= 150). We confirm a latent 3 factor structure, using a subset of the items from the MBI-ES that adequately fit both samples. We tested different degrees of measurement invariance (model fit statistics, scale reliabilities, residual variances, item thresholds, and total variance) to describe and compare cultural differences. Results indicate some differences between the samples at the structure and item levels. We found that factor variances were slightly higher in the New York City teacher sample. Emotional Exhaustion (EE) was a more informative construct for differentiating among teachers at moderate levels of burnout, as opposed to extreme high or low levels of burnout, in both cultures. In contrast, Depersonalization in the Workplace (DW) was more informative at the more extreme levels of burnout among both teacher samples. By studying the influence of culture on the experience of burnout we can further our understanding of burnout and potentially discover factors that might prevent burnout among primary and secondary school teachers.</p>","PeriodicalId":90868,"journal":{"name":"International journal of quantitative research in education","volume":"1 2","pages":"147-166"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1504/IJQRE.2013.056463","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33095786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Personality, Self-regulation and Academic Success: Differences and Interactions across Academic Major","authors":"Tianna Loose, Alejandro Vásquez- Echeverría","doi":"10.1504/ijqre.2024.10052984","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijqre.2024.10052984","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90868,"journal":{"name":"International journal of quantitative research in education","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66693903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A multiple indicators multiple causes (MIMIC) model of engagement in English language learning and self-directed behaviours","authors":"M. Khine, E. Afari","doi":"10.1504/ijqre.2023.10052278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijqre.2023.10052278","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90868,"journal":{"name":"International journal of quantitative research in education","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66693842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}