Kategoria BISAC: Education >> Testing & Measurement

This edited volume presents latest development in applications of Rasch measurement in science education.  It includes a conceptual introduction chapter and a set of individual chapters.  The introductory chapter reviews published studies applying Rasch measurement in the field of science education and identify important principles of Rasch measurement and best practices in applications of Rasch measurement in science education.  The individual chapters, contributed by authors from Canada, China, Germany, Philippines and the USA, cover a variety of current topics on...

This edited book focuses on the central and up-to-date issues that represent some of the most relevant challenges and limitations of International Learning Assessments (ILSAs). It specifically sheds light on the general effects of the discontinuation of face-to-face education on students at diverse academic levels during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Through the lens of the most relevant experts of the field, it highlights the asymmetric effects on students based on family income, education level, or employment, imposing a heavy toll on those with less resources.

It raises...

This open access book investigates the ways in which young people around the world are prepared to undertake their roles as citizens. It presents the international results from the third cycle of the study IEA's International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS 2022). Based on data from 24 countries or benchmarking participants from Europe, Latin America, and Asia, ICCS 2022 studies contexts for and learning outcomes of civic and citizenship education in a wide range of national contexts at the beginning of the third decade of the 21st Century. It responds to both enduring and...

This book examines how e-assessment can be implemented in primary English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing in an examination-oriented context. It provides valuable insights on e-assessment for learning (E-AfL) to teacher educators and teachers in both local and global contexts, especially teacher educators undertaking professional development programs of assessment in examination-oriented contexts. For researchers and graduate students who are interested in e-assessment for learning (E-AfL) and writing assessment, this book provides them with valuable resources to further their...