Educational Measurement - Statistics & numerical data
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) survey of radiation biology educators in U.S. and Canadian radiation oncology residency programs.

Sep 2009 PURPOSE: To obtain, in a survey-based study, detailed information on the faculty currently responsible for teaching radiation biology courses to radiation oncology residents in the United States and Canada. METHODS AND MATERIALS: In March-December ... Read more...

Short-answer examinations improve student performance in an oral and maxillofacial pathology course.

30 Jul 2009 The effect of examination question format on student performance was assessed by investigating three academically comparable second-year dental school classes in an oral and maxillofacial pathology course. One class was given examinations with all ... Read more...

Retention of medical genetics knowledge and skills by medical students.

29 Apr 2009 PURPOSE: To determine whether specific knowledge and skills medical students acquire after completing a Year 1 genetics course are retained at the end of Year 3. METHODS: A genetics case was developed for an observed structured clinical exam at the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Educational Measurement - Statistics & numerical data'

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• American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) survey of radiation biology educators in U.S. and Canadian radiation oncology residency programs. Sep 2009
• Short-answer examinations improve student performance in an oral and maxillofacial pathology course. 30 Jul 2009
• Retention of medical genetics knowledge and skills by medical students. 29 Apr 2009
• A Tri-nodal model for NCLEX-RN success. 29 Apr 2009
• Metacognitive strategies in student learning: do students practise retrieval when they study on their own? 29 Apr 2009
• A pilot study of working memory and academic achievement in college students with ADHD. 29 Apr 2009
• Academic delay of gratification, self-efficacy, and time management among academically unprepared college students. 30 Mar 2009
• Mathematics beliefs and achievement of a national sample of Native American students: results from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003 United States assessment. 30 Mar 2009
• Resampling permutation probability values for Cronbach's alpha. 30 Mar 2009
• The usefulness of retrieval practice and review-only practice for answering conceptually related test questions. 30 Mar 2009
• Methods of teaching and evaluating electrocardiogram interpretation skills among cardiology fellowship programs in the United States. 4 Mar 2009
• Family nurse practitioner clinical requirements: is the best recommendation 500 hours? 27 Feb 2009
• Evaluating cognitive theory: a joint modeling approach using responses and response times. 27 Feb 2009
• Screening for dyslexia, dyspraxia and Meares-Irlen syndrome in higher education. 30 Jan 2009
• Item and rater analysis of constructed response items via the multi-faceted Rasch model. 30 Dec 2008
• Plausible values: how to deal with their limitations. 30 Dec 2008
• An application of the multidimensional random coefficients multinomial logit model to evaluating cognitive models of reasoning in genetics. 30 Dec 2008
• Constructing one scale to describe two statewide exams. 30 Dec 2008
• Grade inflation at a north american college of veterinary medicine: 1985-2006. 30 Dec 2008
• Thirty years on--a large anti-Flynn effect? (II): 13- and 14-year-olds. Piagetian tests of formal operations norms 1976-2006/7. Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Educational Measurement'

Definition: The assessing of academic or educational achievement. It includes all aspects of testing and test construction.

Descriptor UI: D004521

Alternative terms: Educational Measurement; Measurement, Educational; Educational Measurements; Measurements, Educational; Graduate Records Examination; Examination, Graduate Records; Examinations, Graduate Records; Graduate Records Examinations; Educational Assessment; Assessments, Educational; Educational Assessments; Assessment, Educational;

Related Mesh Headings: Aptitude Tests;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; history; methods; standards; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: I02.399;

Online Note: use EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT to search GRADUATE RECORDS EXAMINATION 1966-82

History Note: 66; GRADUATE RECORDS EXAMINATION was see under EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT 1966-82

Technical Notes: DF: EDUC MEASUREMENT