Sökning: "Achievement test"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 66 avhandlingar innehållade orden Achievement test.

1. 1. Motivational aspects of test-taking : measuring test-taking motivation in Swedish national test contexts

   Författare :Eva Knekta; Hanna Eklöf; Anna Sundström; Rolf Vegar Olsen; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Test-taking motivation; Swedish national tests; validity; expectancy-value theory; task value; expectancies; young adolescents; self-report instrument; interview; structural equation modelling; test stakes; didactics of educational measurement; beteendevetenskapliga mätningar;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the work underlying this thesis was to improve the understanding of students’ test-taking motivation in connection to achievement tests for young adolescents. The thesis includes four studies and a summary. All four studies explore test-taking motivation and are all connected to validity in one way of another. LÄS MER

3. 2. Skolprestationer : Faktorer som är relaterade till studieresultat i grundskolans senare år

   Författare :Björn Boman; Stefan Ekecrantz; Monica Rosén; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; pedagogik; Education;

   Sammanfattning : This compilation dissertation explores school results (or alterably, educational or academic achievement) at the Swedish lower-secondary level (Grades 7–9), particularly Grade 9 and to lesser extent Grade 8, using both aggregated data at the school and municipality level from Swedish National Agency for Education (Skolverket) and similar databases (Sweden Statistics, Kolada), and individual data from Education through follow-up (UGU, utvärdering genom uppföljning), and the Programme for international student assessment, PISA (2018). Data were obtained from the years 2013, 2018, and 2019. LÄS MER

4. 3. Computerized achievement tests : sequential and fixed length tests

   Författare :Marie H. Wiberg; Hans Nyquist; Ulf Olsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Statistics; item respons theory; sequential analysis; statistical inference; power; optimal design; simulations; Statistik; Statistics; Statistik; Statistics; statistik;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to describe how a computerized achivement test can be constructed and used in practice. Throughout this dissertation the focus is on classifying the examinees into masters and non-masters depending on their ability. However, there has been no attempt to estimate their ability. LÄS MER

5. 4. Achievement tests and optimal design for pretesting of questions

   Författare :Mahmood Ul Hassan; Frank Miller; Steven Gilmour; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Achievement test; Equivalence theorem; Exchange algorithm; Item calibration; Item response theory model; Optimal experimental design; Statistics; statistik;

   Sammanfattning : Achievement tests are used to measure the students' proficiency in a particular knowledge. Computerized achievement tests (e.g. GRE and SAT) are usually based on questions available in an item bank to measure the proficiency of students. LÄS MER

7. 5. Mathematics achievement of early and newly immigrated students in different topics of mathematics

   Författare :Jöran Petersson; Eva Norén; Gudrun Brattström; Markku Hannula; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; achievement profile; grade 9; mathematics achievement; mathematics education; second language learners; statistics literacy; student as-sessment; matematikämnets didaktik; Mathematics Education;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to explore the mathematics achievement of second language immigrants in compulsory school as they continue their schooling in Sweden. Specifically, the thesis aims to generate more knowledge about different sub-categories of second language students, namely newly arrived immigrants, early arrived immigrants and other second language students in compulsory school. LÄS MER