Assessment With Microworlds using MicroDYN: Measurement Invariance and Latent Mean Comparisons

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 304-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Greiff ◽  
Sascha Wüstenberg
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Assessment Instruments ◽  
School Students ◽  
Latent Means

Computer-simulated microworlds have witnessed significant international interest over the last decades as assessment vehicles for complex mental skills. This interest strongly contrasts to what is currently known about measurement characteristics of microworlds. In this study measurement invariance and latent means of the MicroDYN measure, a computer-based assessment instrument containing an entire set of dynamic microworlds, were examined in four German subsamples of junior high school students in 8th–10th grade (n = 309), senior high school students in 11th–13th grade (n = 484), university students (n = 222), and blue-collar workers (n = 181). The findings support satisfactory measurement invariance of a two-dimensional structure of the MicroDYN measure with the dimensions knowledge acquisition and knowledge application across all samples, and yield meaningful comparisons between latent means with university students performing best. It is suggested to further explore measurement characteristics of computer-simulated microworlds to fully exploit their potential as means of modern assessment instruments. Implications and limitations are discussed.

Pengembangan Instrumen Penilaian Keterampilan Berpikir Kreatif pada Mata Pelajaran IPA Terpadu Materi Atom, Ion, dan Molekul SMP Islam Al Falah

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siti Marwiyah ◽  
Kamid Kamid ◽  
Risnita Risnita
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Assessment Instruments ◽  
School Students

The purpose of this study was to develop an assessment instrument to measure creative thinking skills of junior high school students on integrated science of atom, ion, and molecules material. The instrument consists of a number of questions that require creative thinking skills and rubric assessment about material of atoms, ions, and molecules for junior high school students. The results of the experts validation and trials at small and large groups indicate that the product is appropriate and effective to be tested in the field. Assessment instruments were developed to help teachers identify the creative thinking skills of junior high school students on atoms, ions, and molecules.

scholarly journals PENGEMBANGAN SOAL MATEMATIKA MODEL TIMSS UNTUK MENDUKUNG PEMBELAJARAN MATEMATIKA SMP KELAS VII KURIKULUM 2013

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Andy Rudhito ◽  
D. Arif Budi Prasety
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Cognitive Domain ◽  
Assessment Instruments ◽  
School Students ◽  
Problem Model ◽  
Math Problem

Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menghasilkan soal matematika model TIMSS yang valid dan praktis untuk siswa SMP berdasarkan Kurikulum 2013. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian pengembangan. Proses pendesainan soal sebagai instrumen penilaian dilakukan dengan prototyping. Prototyping meliputi dua tahap. Prototipe I merupakan hasil desain dan penyusunan soal-soal oleh peneliti sendiri, sedang prototipe II revisi dari prototipe I berdasarkan masukan dari pakar, teman sejawat, dan guru matematika, yang berupa catatan validator dan notulensi diskusi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa buku soal yang disusun dengan pengelompokan bab mengikuti ranah materi seperti dalam TIMSS, yakni bilangan, geometri, aljabar, data dan peluang. Buku soal untuk siswa tidak perlu ada tulisan mengenai ranah materi, topik pokok, dan ranah kognitif. Masukan untuk perbaikan dari FGD adalah soal sebaiknya diawali dari yang mudah, sedang, baru yang sulit. Penulisan soal pilihan ganda lebih baik tidak menggunakan kalimat tanya, melainkan dengan membuat pernyataan yang memuat titik-titik, baik di tengah atau di akhir kalimat. Soal sebaiknya tidak memuat pernyataan implikasi. Kata kunci: Pengembangan soal, matematika SMP, TIMSS, Kurikulum 2013DEVELOPING THE TIMSS MATH PROBLEM MODEL TO SUPPORT THE MATHEMATICS LEARNING IN GRADE VII USING THE 2013 CURRICULUM Abstract: This study was aimed to produce a valid and practical TIMMS math problem model for junior high school students using the 2013 curriculum. The study used the research and development design. The design process of the problems as assessment instruments was carried out through prototyping involving two stages. Prototype I was the design product and the problem development done by the researchers themselves, while Prototype II was the revision of Prototype I based on the feedback provided by experts, colleagues, and Mathematics teachers in the form of validators’ notes and the minutes taken from discussions. The findings showed that the book of math problems was written by grouping the chapters following the materials domains as those in TIMSS, that is, numbers, geometry, algebra, data, and probability. For the student book, it was not nsecessary to write the materials domain, the essential topics, and the cognitive domain. The feedback from the FGD was that the problems should be arranged from the easiest ones to the most difficult ones. The multiple choice items should not be written in the form of questions, but in the form of incomplete sentences with the blanks in the middle or the end of the sentences. The items should not ask about implication. Keywords: Development of problems, junior high school mathematics, TIMSS, Curriculum 2013

scholarly journals Robot contest ""Robocon Yamanashi""

1998 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-39
Author(s):  
Noriaki Kiyohiro ◽  
◽  
Hiroshi Makino ◽  
Hideo Mori
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Remote Control ◽  
University Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
High School Student ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students

This paper describes the robot contests in Yamanashi prefecture. Since the first robot contest took place on November, 1994, the robot contest has taken place every year. There are four competition events, l event for junior high school students, 2 events for high school student; the remote control and egomotion robots, and 1 event for university students and enterprise.

scholarly journals Development of Vocabulary Assessment Instrument Based on Information on Writing Materials for Explanatory Texts of 11th Grade Students Senior High School

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1190-1199
Author(s):  
Siti Hazizah Siregar
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Assessment Instruments ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
School Students ◽  
Explanatory Text ◽  
Vocabulary Assessment ◽  
11Th Grade

This study aims to analyze the development of information-based vocabulary assessment instruments on writing explanatory text material for grade XI high school students. This research will be conducted in 11th grade of Senior High School Panai Tengah. This research was conducted in the 2019/2020 academic year for 3 months from August 2019 to October 2019. The 6-month research activity began from field observations to determine the needs analysis to the thesis examination. The results of the trial of the information-based vocabulary assessment instrument on the explanatory text material were captured through the teacher's response questionnaire about the practicality of the developed assessment instruments. The practicality gained was captured through a questionnaire distributed to two teachers who studied Indonesian. The teacher's response questionnaire to find out the practicality of the assessment instruments developed included three sub-components of the assessment, namely aspects of attractiveness, aspects of ease, and aspects of readability. The attractiveness aspect gets a percentage value of 96% in the "excellent" category. Linguistic aspects get a percentage value of 100% with the category "excellent." And the last aspect is the aspect of convenience which gets a percentage value of 85% with the category "excellent."

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