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Item Response Theory Models for Performance Decline during Testing
Kuan-Yu Jin; Wen-Chung Wang
Journal of Educational Measurement Vol. 51, No. 2 (2014) pp. 178–200
Sometimes, test-takers may not be able to attempt all items to the best of their ability (with full effort) due to personal factors (e.g., low motivation) or testing conditions (e.g., time limit), resulting in poor performances on certain items,...
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Computerized Classification Testing under the Generalized Graded Unfolding Model
Wen-Chung Wang; Chen-Wei Liu
Educational and Psychological Measurement Vol. 71, No. 1 (February 2011) pp. 114–128
The generalized graded unfolding model (GGUM) has been recently developed to describe item responses to Likert items (agree-disagree) in attitude measurement. In this study, the authors (a) developed two item selection methods in computerized...
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Computerized Classification Testing under the One-Parameter Logistic Response Model with Ability-Based Guessing
Wen-Chung Wang; Sheng-Yun Huang
Educational and Psychological Measurement Vol. 71, No. 6 (December 2011) pp. 925–941
The one-parameter logistic model with ability-based guessing (1PL-AG) has been recently developed to account for effect of ability on guessing behavior in multiple-choice items. In this study, the authors developed algorithms for computerized...
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Generalized IRT Models for Extreme Response Style
Kuan-Yu Jin; Wen-Chung Wang
Educational and Psychological Measurement Vol. 74, No. 1 (February 2014) pp. 116–138
Extreme response style (ERS) is a systematic tendency for a person to endorse extreme options (e.g., strongly disagree, strongly agree) on Likert-type or rating-scale items. In this study, we develop a new class of item response theory (IRT) models...
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Variable-Length Computerized Adaptive Testing Using the Higher Order DINA Model
Chia-Ling Hsu; Wen-Chung Wang
Journal of Educational Measurement Vol. 52, No. 2 (2015) pp. 125–143
Cognitive diagnosis models provide profile information about a set of latent binary attributes, whereas item response models yield a summary report on a latent continuous trait. To utilize the advantages of both models, higher order cognitive...
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The Random-Effect Generalized Rating Scale Model
Wen-Chung Wang; Shiu-Lien Wu
Journal of Educational Measurement Vol. 48, No. 4 (2011) pp. 441–456
Rating scale items have been widely used in educational and psychological tests. These items require people to make subjective judgments, and these subjective judgments usually involve randomness. To account for this randomness, Wang, Wilson, and...
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Implementation and Measurement Efficiency of Multidimensional Computerized Adaptive Testing
Wen-Chung Wang; Po-Hsi Chen
Applied Psychological Measurement Vol. 28, No. 5 (2004) pp. 295–316
Multidimensional adaptive testing (MAT) procedures are proposed for the measurement of several latent traits by a single examination. Bayesian latent trait estimation and adaptive item selection are derived. Simulations were conducted to compare the ...
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Multilevel Higher-Order Item Response Theory Models
Hung-Yu Huang; Wen-Chung Wang
Educational and Psychological Measurement Vol. 74, No. 3 (June 2014) pp. 495–515
In the social sciences, latent traits often have a hierarchical structure, and data can be sampled from multiple levels. Both hierarchical latent traits and multilevel data can occur simultaneously. In this study, we developed a general class of...
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Multilevel, Two-Parameter, and Random-Weights Generalizations of a Model with Internal Restrictions on Item Difficulty
Wen-Chung Wang; Kuan-Yu Jin
Applied Psychological Measurement Vol. 34, No. 1 (2010) pp. 46–65
In this study, all the advantages of slope parameters, random weights, and latent regression are acknowledged when dealing with component and composite items by adding slope parameters and random weights into the standard item response model with...
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Item Response Theory Models for Wording Effects in Mixed-Format Scales
Wen-Chung Wang; Hui-Fang Chen; Kuan-Yu Jin
Educational and Psychological Measurement Vol. 75, No. 1 (February 2015) pp. 157–178
Many scales contain both positively and negatively worded items. Reverse recoding of negatively worded items might not be enough for them to function as positively worded items do. In this study, we commented on the drawbacks of existing approaches...
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Developing a validated instructional leadership profile of Turkish primary school principals
Mehmet Sukru Bellibas; Okan Bulut; Philip Hallinger; Wen-Chung Wang
International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 75, No. 1 (2016) pp. 115–133
Language: English
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The DIF-Free-Then-DIF Strategy for the Assessment of Differential Item Functioning
Wen-Chung Wang; Ching-Lin Shih; Guo-Wei Sun
Educational and Psychological Measurement Vol. 72, No. 4 (August 2012) pp. 687–708
The DIF-free-then-DIF (DFTD) strategy consists of two steps: (a) select a set of items that are the most likely to be DIF-free and (b) assess the other items for DIF (differential item functioning) using the designated items as anchors. The rank...
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Computerized Adaptive Testing Using a Class of High-Order Item Response Theory Models
Hung-Yu Huang; Po-Hsi Chen; Wen-Chung Wang
Applied Psychological Measurement Vol. 36, No. 8 (November 2012) pp. 689–706
In the human sciences, a common assumption is that latent traits have a hierarchical structure. Higher order item response theory models have been developed to account for this hierarchy. In this study, computerized adaptive testing (CAT) algorithms ...
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The Random-Threshold Generalized Unfolding Model and Its Application of Computerized Adaptive Testing
Wen-Chung Wang; Chen-Wei Liu; Shiu-Lien Wu
Applied Psychological Measurement Vol. 37, No. 3 (May 2013) pp. 179–200
The random-threshold generalized unfolding model (RTGUM) was developed by treating the thresholds in the generalized unfolding model as random effects rather than fixed effects to account for the subjective nature of the selection of categories in...
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Variable-Length Computerized Adaptive Testing Based on Cognitive Diagnosis Models
Chia-Ling Hsu; Wen-Chung Wang; Shu-Ying Chen
Applied Psychological Measurement Vol. 37, No. 7 (October 2013) pp. 563–582
Interest in developing computerized adaptive testing (CAT) under cognitive diagnosis models (CDMs) has increased recently. CAT algorithms that use a fixed-length termination rule frequently lead to different degrees of measurement precision for...
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Item Response Models for Examinee-Selected Items
Wen-Chung Wang; Kuan-Yu Jin; Xue-Lan Qiu; Lei Wang
Journal of Educational Measurement Vol. 49, No. 4 (2012) pp. 419–445
In some tests, examinees are required to choose a fixed number of items from a set of given items to answer. This practice creates a challenge to standard item response models, because more capable examinees may have an advantage by making wiser...
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Higher-Order Item Response Models for Hierarchical Latent Traits
Hung-Yu Huang; Wen-Chung Wang; Po-Hsi Chen; Chi-Ming Su
Applied Psychological Measurement Vol. 37, No. 8 (November 2013) pp. 619–637
Many latent traits in the human sciences have a hierarchical structure. This study aimed to develop a new class of higher order item response theory models for hierarchical latent traits that are flexible in accommodating both dichotomous and...
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Application of E-Learning to Pilot Training at TransAsia Airways in Taiwan
Chi-Kuo Chuang; Maiga Chang; Chin-Yeh Wang; Wen-Cheng Chung; Gwo-Dong Chen
International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 7, No. 1 (January 2008) pp. 23–39
TransAsia Airway is one of the four domestic airlines in Taiwan. Taiwan has 13 domestic airports with the longest distance between two airports being about 400 kilometers. The domestic airline market is highly competitive. TransAsia decided to apply ...
Topics: Administrators, Administration, Adults, Business, Government, Educational Technology, Change, eLearning, Competencies
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Game-Based Auxiliary Training System for improving visual perceptual dysfunction in children with developmental disabilities: A proposed design and evaluation
Yee-Pay Wuang; Yu-Hsien Chiu; Yenming J. Chen; Chiu-Ping Chen; Chih-Chung Wang; Chien-Ling Huang; Tang-Meng Wu; Wen-Hsien Ho
Computers & Education Vol. 124, No. 1 (September 2018) pp. 27–36
The main purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a Game-Based Auxiliary Training System (GBATS) in special education for improving visual perceptual dysfunction in children with developmental disabilities. The GBATS application program was ...
Language: English
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A Review of Research on Technology-Assisted School Science Laboratories
Chia-Yu Wang; Hsin-Ka Wu; Silvia Wen-Yu Lee; Fu-Kwun Hwang; Hsin-Yi Chang; Ying-Tien Wu; Guo-Li Chiou; Sufen Chen; Jyh-Chong Liang; Jing-Wen Lin; Hao-Chang Lo; Chin-Chung Tsai
Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 17, No. 2 pp. 307–320
Studies that incorporate technologies into school science laboratories have proliferated in the recent two decades. A total of 42 studies published from 1990 to 2011 that incorporated technologies to support school science laboratories are reviewed...
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Development and Implications of Technology in Reform-Based Physics Laboratories
Sufen Chen; Hao-Chang Lo; Jing-Wen Lin; Jyh-Chong Liang; Hsin-Yi Chang; Fu-Kwun Hwang; Guo-Li Chiou; Ying-Tien Wu; Silvia Wen-Yu Lee; Hsin-Kai Wu; Chia-Yu Wang; Chin-Chung Tsai
Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research Vol. 8, No. 2 (2012) pp. 20113–1
Technology has been widely involved in science research. Researchers are now applying it to science education in an attempt to bring students' science activities closer to authentic science activities. The present study synthesizes the research to...