Defining Prose Task Characteristics for Use in Computer-Adaptive Testing and Instruction
| Autor: | Peter B. Mosenthal |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
| Předmět: |
Computer science
business.industry media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050401 social sciences methods 050301 education Document processing computer.software_genre Literacy Education 0504 sociology Artificial intelligence Computerized adaptive testing business 0503 education computer Natural language processing media_common |
| Zdroj: | American Educational Research Journal. 35:269-307 |
| ISSN: | 1935-1011 0002-8312 |
| DOI: | 10.3102/00028312035002269 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to validate the constructs that define the difficulty levels of prose-task processing. To accomplish this, this study investigated the extent to which variables from a previous study ( Mosenthal, 1996 ) on document processing influenced difficulty on 165 tasks drawn from the prose scales of five national, adult-literacy surveys. It was found that three process variables accounted for 78% of the variance when prose task difficulty was defined using level scores. The constructs within five levels are specified in terms of a hierarchy of processing difficulty and proficiency. The application of these levels for designing computer-adaptive testing and instruction programs is considered, as are applications for conducting prose research and interpreting literacy policy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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