Assessment in German Music Education

Music assessment in Germany is marked by several distinct features. One is the predominance of a philosophy of “Bildung,” which is only partly compatible with the idea of assessment. Although the philosophical background and day-by-day teaching may not be as sophisticated as a long tradition may suggest, a dislike for standardized measuring and systematic assessment is widespread. In return, there is a strong research tradition modeling competencies up to psychometrical standards and using latent trait theory to describe them. A future task may be to link everyday assessment required by school administration to the procedures developed in research to develop systematic assessment for learning and implement this into practice.

A human model for primate personality

In this article, I review the literature to determine how successful the latent trait theory model of personality from differential psychology has been for studying personality in non-human primates. The evidence for the success of this model is quite good, and offers insights and directions for personality research in primates and other animals. This, I conclude, stems from (i) the human trait model's simplicity, and (ii) the fact that the human differential model of personality developed in the face of harsh criticism, which led researchers to test and refine their models.

Estimating Psychometric Characteristics of Collective Intelligence Test According to Latent Trait Theory

This Study Investigated the psychometric characteristics of vocabulary intelligence test according to latent trait theory, by administering the test to randomly selected 246 students between 5-9 years old distributed over Kg2 and 1st , 2nd and 3rd Primary grade from the government schools in Irbid city. The Dichotomous model was used to analyze data. The final form of the test consisted of 16 items fit the model with mean square infit/outfit statistics about 1, and standardized information weighted fit statistics about zero. Item difficulty parameters ranged from -2.16 to 2.13 logit with a mean of zero logit. The values of person reliability and item reliability were 0.81, 0.92 respectively. The test has multiple validity indicators.