Measurement and statistics for teachers [electronic resource] / Malcolm L. Van Blerkom.

By:

Van Blerkom, Malcolm L, 1946-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York ; London : Routledge, 2017.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xx, 286 p. : illISBN:

9781315464763 (ebook: PDF)
9781315464770 (ebook)
9781032220833 (paperback)

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Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:

371.26 VAN

Contents:

Preface Acknowledgements PART 1 MEASUREMENT Section I: Basic Issues of Measurement Chapter 1: Introduction to Measurement Chapter 2: Frames of Reference: Interpreting Test Scores Chapter 3: Developing Objectives Chapter 4: Reliability Chapter 5: Validity Section II: Classroom Testing Chapter 7: Essay Items Chapter 8: Multiple-Choice Items Chapter 9: True-False Items (and Variations) Chapter 10: Producing and Administering Tests Chapter 11: Analyzing Tests Section III: Alternative Assessment Techniques Chapter 12: Informal Assessments Chapter 13: Performance Assessments Chapter 14: Portfolios Section IV: Additional Measurement Issues Chapter 15: Teaching Students Test-Taking Skills Chapter 16: Standardized Tests Chapter 17: Alternative Ways to Report Test Scores PART II DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS Chapter 18: The Language and Logic of Statistics Chapter 19: Frequency Distributions and Graphs Chapter 20: Central Tendency: What is a Typical Score? Chapter 21: Variability: How Spread Out Are the Scores? Chapter 22: Correlation Appendix References Index

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Social Sciences	Fiction	371.26 VAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		47387

Previous edition: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface
Acknowledgements

PART 1 MEASUREMENT

Section I: Basic Issues of Measurement

Chapter 1: Introduction to Measurement
Chapter 2: Frames of Reference: Interpreting Test Scores
Chapter 3: Developing Objectives
Chapter 4: Reliability
Chapter 5: Validity

Section II: Classroom Testing

Chapter 7: Essay Items
Chapter 8: Multiple-Choice Items
Chapter 9: True-False Items (and Variations)

Chapter 10: Producing and Administering Tests
Chapter 11: Analyzing Tests

Section III: Alternative Assessment Techniques

Chapter 12: Informal Assessments
Chapter 13: Performance Assessments
Chapter 14: Portfolios

Section IV: Additional Measurement Issues

Chapter 15: Teaching Students Test-Taking Skills
Chapter 16: Standardized Tests
Chapter 17: Alternative Ways to Report Test Scores

PART II DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

Chapter 18: The Language and Logic of Statistics
Chapter 19: Frequency Distributions and Graphs
Chapter 20: Central Tendency: What is a Typical Score?
Chapter 21: Variability: How Spread Out Are the Scores?
Chapter 22: Correlation

Appendix
References
Index