Flexilevel Adaptive Testing Paradigm: Hierarchical Concept Structures. Final Report for Period May 1975-March 1977.

Autor/inn/en	Hansen, Duncan N.; und weitere
Institution	Air Force Human Resources Lab., Brooks AFB, TX.
Titel	Flexilevel Adaptive Testing Paradigm: Hierarchical Concept Structures. Final Report for Period May 1975-March 1977.
Quelle	(1977), (27 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Achievement Tests; Adaptive Testing; Branching; Comparative Analysis; Computer Assisted Testing; Computers; Difficulty Level; Individualized Programs; Military Personnel; Models; Postsecondary Education; Technical Education; Test Reliability; Test Validity; Time + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Digitalrechner; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Individualisierte Ausbildung; Analogiemodell; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Technikunterricht; Testreliabilität; Testvalidität; Zeit
Abstract	A computerized adaptive testing model was applied to a hierarchically arranged series of subtests within the instructional context of a technical education system. The model was a modification of Lord's flexilevel paradigm; however, it did not allow for individualized entry. Two achievement tests, each divided into five hierarchically related subtests to allow for the assessment of sequential performance contingencies, were administered to 133 enlisted personnel enrolled in a precision measurement equipment course. Data collection involved a within-subject design in which students were entered at the median of the initial subtest and were administered items by the flexilevel procedure. Following the completion of the adaptive test, all remaining items were administered. Similar procedures were followed for the remaining subtests. Test validity analyses yielded part-whole correlations between adaptive test and total test scores (r=.95). Validity indices and test reliabilities were also essentially identical. For two subtests, the time savings associated with adaptive testing were approximately 25 and 30 per cent. The results support the generalizability of adaptive testing benefits to complex, hierarchically structured technical training. (Author/MV)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC