Application of item response theory in evaluating Bloom's cognitive levels

• Main Author: Chow, Helen Min Kim.
• Other Authors: Lam, Peter
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Education::Learning
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14071
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study attempts to demonstrate how alternate forms of assessment involving a diagnostic approach could be used in the context of IRT applications. The items were written in clusters of 3 based on a narrowly defined common content area in the area of microeconomics. Each cluster consists of items...