35th annual conference (2009)

Modeling Science Achievement in South Africa Using International Achievement Data: Some Comparability Validity Issues

August 2, 2018

35th annual conference (2009), Dr. Anil Kanjee, Dr. Kelvin Gregory

International comparative studies of achievement facilitate national reflection on educational practice and experience. Such studies use sophisticated assessment designs, detailed questionnaires, complex scaling methodologies and stringent quality control systems to…

Prediction of study success – should selection instruments measure cognitive or non-cognitive factors?

August 2, 2018

35th annual conference (2009), Christina Wikström, Magnus Wikström, Per-Erik Lyrén

This study compares the subtests of a traditional admissions test (the SweSAT) with high school grades in verbal and quantitative subjects in terms of construct and predictive strength as selection…

Student Engagement and the Impact on Employability: A Creative Contribution of Competence-Based Assessment in Malaysian Secondary Schools

August 2, 2018

35th annual conference (2009), Dr. Rahimah Adam

Meeting the Challenges of Quality Assurance and Accountability in the new National Curriculum Statement (NCS)

August 2, 2018

35th annual conference (2009), Prem Govender

South Africa&#8217,s democratic government inherited a divided and unequal system of education. The curriculum of South Africa and that of Gauteng Province has, since 1995, undergone radical transformation. A range…

Rethinking quality assessment for 21st century learning: How students use and create knowledge online

August 2, 2018

35th annual conference (2009), Kay Kimber, Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith

Accounts of 21st century work and social practices frequently prompt calls for new models of learning, teaching and assessment utilising digital technologies. A synergy of views shared by multinational organisations,…

Maplenima – formative assessment to shape student belief and practice in creative behaviour

August 2, 2018

35th annual conference (2009), Mong Kok Thong, Tan Liang Soon

Cultural habits of emphasizing norm-referenced tests, memorization, and recitation while neglecting alternative forms of performance can stifle student creativity due to their fear of failure and embarrassment. Past studies on…

The Use of Novel Items to Uncover Lapses in Mathematical Reasoning

August 2, 2018

35th annual conference (2009), Alwyn Wai-Kit Pang

Reasoning is integral to mathematics. However it is often difficult, in a written assessment, to judge if a student had possessed the correct mathematical reasoning behind a page of right…

“Did I say that?” Contextual influences on oral language task performance

August 2, 2018

35th annual conference (2009), Paul Moore

From the perspective of Sociocultural/Activity theory, this paper provides a brief summary of an investigation into the dialogic negotiation of task-based activity in the foreign language classroom, and its effects…

A critical analysis of the NAPLAN spelling test

August 2, 2018

35th annual conference (2009), Allan Gardiner, Lee Willett

The 2009 IAEA conference theme, Assessment for a Creative World, celebrates a movement towards schooling for creative students. Modern curriculum documents recognise that functional literacy, which enables students to be…

Developing authentic achievement for disengaged young people using an electronic portfolio system

August 2, 2018

35th annual conference (2009), NULL

Credentials are a salient form of cultural capital and if a student&#8217,s learning and productions are not assessed, they are invisible in current social systems of education and employment. In…