More is more: Explicit intertextuality in university writing placement exam essays

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 100955
Author(s):  
Amy Lombardi
Keyword(s):  
Placement Exam

Successful AP Music Theory Instruction: A Case Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-61
Author(s):  
Nathan O. Buonviri
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Advanced Placement ◽  
Music Theory ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Music Educators ◽  
Asking Questions ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Attention To Students ◽  
Placement Exam

The purpose of this case study was to examine the instructional approach of a highly successful Advanced Placement Music Theory teacher. I visited the participant’s class twice a week for 14 weeks, taking field notes, conducting interviews, and collecting instructional artifacts. Analysis of qualitative data revealed three main themes: classroom atmosphere, instructional strategies, and the Advanced Placement exam. The participant’s classroom atmosphere was built on effective pacing, student rapport, and an active, open learning environment. His instructional strategies included offering individual attention to students, asking questions to model thinking, and connecting sight to sound. He used the Advanced Placement exam as both an instructional guidepost and motivational tool. Implications for music educators include the need to focus on specific approaches conducive to successful theory teaching, which may share both similarities and differences with approaches they use when directing ensembles.

scholarly journals Spanish in Chicago: Writing an Online Placement Exam for Spanish Heritage Speakers

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clara Burgo
Keyword(s):  
Spanish Language ◽  
Socioeconomic Differences ◽  
Placement Tests ◽  
Hispanic Population ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Heritage Speakers ◽  
The Third ◽  
Placement Exam ◽  
Spanish Heritage Speakers ◽  
Online Placement

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">United States is the third country in the world with the largest Hispanic population (over 45 million of Spanish speaking people). As Fairclough (2003) claims, the national, ethnic and socioeconomic differences of Hispanic immigrants provide a heterogeneous community whose unifying element is the Spanish language. Chicago is third largest city in the country with a significant Hispanic population. In the latest years, Spanish for Heritage speakers&rsquo; programs in higher education have developed and effective placement tests are needed.</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div>

A Working Model for Assessing Spanish Heritage Language Learners’ Language Proficiency through a Placement Exam

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-138
Author(s):  
Marta Fairclough
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Heritage Language ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Working Model ◽  
Heritage Language Education ◽  
Content Selection ◽  
Placement Exam ◽  
Clear Idea

Having a clear idea of the knowledge in the heritage language that a student brings to the classroom is essential for a successful language-learning experience; for that reason, research in heritage language education has been focusing increasingly on assessment issues, especially language placement exams. Professionals debate whether assessment procedures should measure what students know and can do with the heritage language, or what deficiencies they have. Ideally, a balance of both will produce a better placement exam. This paper presents a working model of language placement based on current second-language theory and research and on what is known of heritage language learning. It explains the rationale for content selection and the design of effective tasks in a language placement exam for incoming university students and, finally, briefly voices some key logistical considerations.

Bayesian Estimation of Normal Ogive Item Response Curves Using Gibbs Sampling

1992 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
James H. Albert
Keyword(s):  
Gibbs Sampling ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimates ◽  
Posterior Density ◽  
Response Curves ◽  
Density Estimates ◽  
Mathematics Placement ◽  
Item Parameters ◽  
Normal Ogive Model ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Placement Exam

The problem of estimating item parameters from a two-parameter normal ogive model is considered. Gibbs sampling (Gelfand & Smith, 1990) is used to simulate draws from the joint posterior distribution of the ability and item parameters. This method gives marginal posterior density estimates for any parameter of interest; these density estimates can be used to judge the accuracy of normal approximations based on maximum likelihood estimates. This simulation technique is illustrated using data from a mathematics placement exam.

scholarly journals Giving College Credit Where It Is Due: Advanced Placement Exam Scores and College Outcomes

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Smith ◽  
Michael Hurwitz ◽  
Christopher Avery
Keyword(s):  
Advanced Placement ◽  
College Outcomes ◽  
College Credit ◽  
Exam Scores ◽  
Placement Exam

S-Cape: A Spanish Computerized Adaptive Placement Exam

Hispania ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 864
Author(s):  
Phyllis E. VanBuren
Keyword(s):  
Placement Exam
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