Limitations in Predicting Student Performance on Standardized Tests
written by
Michael C. Wittmann
This research paper, presented at the 2002 Physics Education Research Conference, the author argues that the Maryland Physics Expectations Survey (MPEX), which describes student attitudes and expectations toward learning, and might be used to predict normalized gains on tests such as the Force and Motion Concept Evaluation (FMCE); is an incomplete predictor of possible gains on standardized tests. The author also illustrates the problems involved in using the MPEX to predict productive attitudes toward learning physics by focusing on two students, both with seemingly appropriate expectations toward learning. While one had high normalized gains, the other did not, due to "false favorable" responses on the MPEX.
Physics Education Research Conference 2002
Part of the PER Conference Invited Paper series Boise, Idaho: August 7-8, 2002
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=4311">Wittmann, Michael. "Limitations in Predicting Student Performance on Standardized Tests." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2002, Boise, Idaho, August 7-8, 2002.</a>
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M. Wittmann, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2002, Boise, Idaho, 2002, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4311&DocID=1158).
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M. Wittmann, Limitations in Predicting Student Performance on Standardized Tests, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2002, Boise, Idaho, 2002, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4311&DocID=1158>.
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Wittmann, M. (2002, August 7-8). Limitations in Predicting Student Performance on Standardized Tests. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2002, Boise, Idaho. Retrieved April 20, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4311&DocID=1158
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Wittmann, Michael. "Limitations in Predicting Student Performance on Standardized Tests." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2002, Boise, Idaho, August 7-8, 2002. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4311&DocID=1158 (accessed 20 April 2024).
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Wittmann, Michael. "Limitations in Predicting Student Performance on Standardized Tests." Physics Education Research Conference 2002. Boise, Idaho: 2002. of PER Conference Invited Paper. 20 Apr. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4311&DocID=1158>.
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@inproceedings{
Author = "Michael Wittmann",
Title = {Limitations in Predicting Student Performance on Standardized Tests},
BookTitle = {Physics Education Research Conference 2002},
Address = {Boise, Idaho},
Series = {PER Conference Invited Paper},
Month = {August 7-8},
Year = {2002}
}
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