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  • Reflections on the future of assessment as a human and social endeavour

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    These 2 presentations are the introduction and concluding presentations in a symposium entitled "Classroom realities that need to be understood to make good assessments” at the 2017 National Council for Measurement in Education annual meeting in San Antonio Texas. Four other presentations were given by: 1. James H. McMillan, Virginia Commonwealth...
    Created 12 March 2019 Updated 19 March 2019
  • Healthy Mums and Babies (HUMBA) trial 12 month follow up protocol

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    This is the protocol for a follow-up study of 1-year-old children and their mothers from the HUMBA Demonstration Trial, two by two factorial randomised controlled trial of a dietary intervention versus routine dietary advice, and probiotics versus placebo (double blind) in obese pregnant women. The primary objectives of this study are to determine if at 1...
    Created 19 March 2019 Updated 19 March 2019
  • Rodent audiograms

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    Audiograms for a number of rodent species including species commonly used in the laboratory (from Fay 1988; Heffner et al. 2001; Begall et al. 2007)
    Created 12 March 2019 Updated 19 March 2019
  • PISA Reading: Not comparable across nations

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    The OECD PISA tests of 15 year olds are used to rank participating economies and identify educational policy and schooling practice factors that contribute to rank performance in reading, science, and mathematics. This talk will use a confirmatory factor analysis invariance study of the 2009 PISA reading test to identify the limited comparability of...
    Created 12 March 2019 Updated 19 March 2019
  • Cross-cultural research in education: Illuminating meaning by taking context...

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    Modern ICTs are making international collaboration more feasible, opening up new ways to learn from research conducted within other educational systems. Such collaborations allow replication studies, a key process in scientific research. However, it may be inappropriate to utilize a research tool and its statistical model developed in another culture...
    Created 12 March 2019 Updated 19 March 2019
  • Diagnostic assessment in NZ junior secondary schooling

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    Lecture given to the TeachFirst cohort on using New Zealand's diagnostic test systems to inform teaching.
    Created 12 March 2019 Updated 19 March 2019
  • An Investigation into the Feasibility of an Online National Probability...

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    This report was conducted to investigate the feasibility of setting up a national probability sample online survey panel for academic research purposes. The report reviews existing panels, both internationally and nationally, and reviews practical considerations for setting up a national probability panel study, including the pilot study, sampling,...
    Created 19 March 2019 Updated 19 March 2019