Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS) 2014 Conference Proceedings [recurso electrónico] : Rasch and the Future

This book collects and organizes the original studies presented at PROMS 2014 conference on theories and applications of Rasch model.℗ℓ It provides useful examples of the Rasch model used to address practical measurement problems across a range of different disciplines including: Item Response Theory (IRT), philosophy of measurement, dimensionality, the role of fit statistics and residuals, application, educational application, language testing, health related research, business and industrial application and Rasch-based computer software. PROMS 2014 (Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium) was held August 2 ℓ́ℓ 6, 2014 in Guangzhou, China. The goal of this conference is to bring together the researchers from academia, universities, hospitals, industry, management sector as well as practitioners to share ideas, problems and solutions relating to the multifaceted aspects of Rasch Model Front Matter....Pages i-xxi Be Wary of What’s Coming from the West: Globalisation and the Implications for Measurement in the Human Sciences....Pages 1-15 Rasch Model: Status Quo and Prospect in China....Pages 17-24 The Psychometric Properties of the MISSCARE Nursing Tool....Pages 25-41 Booklet Design for a Longitudinal Study: Measuring Progress in New-Immigrant Children’s Mathematics Achievement....Pages 43-50 Indicators of Integration of Islamic Values in Human Knowledge....Pages 51-63 A Rasch Measure of Test Takers’ Attitude Toward the Versant English Test....Pages 65-85 The Application of Rasch in the Validation of Corporate Citizenship Scale....Pages 87-98 Fluency: A Critically Important Yet Undervalued Dimension of L2 Vocabulary Knowledge....Pages 99-114 A Rasch-Based Approach for Comparison of English Listening Comprehension Between CET and GEPT....Pages 115-130 A Rasch-Based Approach for Comparison of English Reading Comprehension Between CET and GEPT....Pages 131-144 Application of Rasch Model in Test Paper Quality Analysis—With the Case of Reading Literacy Pilot Test Paper for Grade 5–6 Students in Guangxi....Pages 145-154 Development and Psychometric Evaluation of an Integrative Thinking Mode Scale Utilizing the Rasch Measurement Model....Pages 155-172 Assessment of the Psychometric Properties of the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia Adapted for People with Dystonia Using Rasch Analysis....Pages 173-188 Reliability and Validity of the Malay Version of the SSIS Instrument for Students Aged 8–12 Years Old in Assessing Social Skills and Problem Behavior....Pages 189-196 Sample Size and Chi-Squared Test of Fit—A Comparison Between a Random Sample Approach and a Chi-Square Value Adjustment Method Using Swedish Adolescent Data....Pages 197-211 Measuring the Effectiveness of Evaluation Processes for Diversified Undergraduate Students with Self-regulated Study—A Case Study in International School of Jinan University....Pages 213-229 Correlation Analysis on Influencing Factors of English Writing and Non-English Major Tibetan College Students’ English Writing Development....Pages 231-238 An Empirical Case Study of TEM-8 Test Reliability....Pages 239-250 The Application of Descriptive Statistical Analysis of Foreign Language Teaching and Testing....Pages 251-261 Backwash Effect of English Testing on English Teaching for Adults....Pages 263-270 Recasting English for Environmental Science into a SPOC—A Pilot Study in Wenzhou University....Pages 271-286 Back Matter....Pages 287-390 This book collects and organizes the original studies presented at PROMS 2014 conference on theories and applications of Rasch model.℗l It provides useful examples of the Rasch model used to address practical measurement problems across a range of different disciplines including: Item Response Theory (IRT), philosophy of measurement, dimensionality, the role of fit statistics and residuals, application, educational application, language testing, health related research, business and industrial application and Rasch-based computer software. PROMS 2014 (Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium) was held August 2 ĺl 6, 2014 in Guangzhou, China. The goal of this conference is to bring together the researchers from academia, universities, hospitals, industry, management sector as well as practitioners to share ideas, problems and solutions relating to the multifaceted aspects of Rasch Model