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A Study of Word Processing Experience and Its Effects on Student Essay Writing
Edward W. Wolfe
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 14, No. 3 (1996) pp. 269–83
Investigates how word processing experience influences tenth grade student performance on a writing assessment. Examines factors influencing a student's decision about using word processors for writing; relationship between experience with the...
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The Influence of Computers on Student Performance on a Direct Writing Assessment
Edward W. Wolfe
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 1995 (Jul 09, 1995)
This study is an interim follow-up to an investigation of how computer use influences the writing process used by high school students on a direct writing assessment (Wolfe and others, 1994). Whether students with less comfort and experience with...
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Differential Item Functioning of GRE Mathematics Items across Computerized and Paper-and-Pencil Testing Media
Lixiong Gu; Samuel Drake; Edward W. Wolfe
Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment Vol. 5, No. 4 (December 2006)
This study seeks to determine whether item features are related to observed differences in item difficulty (DIF) between computer- and paper-based test delivery media. Examinees responded to 60 quantitative items similar to those found on the GRE...
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Composition Medium Comparability in a Direct Writing Assessment of Non-Native English Speakers
Edward W. Wolfe; Jonathan R. Manalo
Language Learning & Technology Vol. 8, No. 1 (January 2004) pp. 53–65
The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) contains a direct writing assessment, and examinees are given the option of composing their responses at a computer terminal using a keyboard or composing their responses in handwriting. This study...
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A Comparison of Word-Processed and Handwritten Essays Written for the Test of English as a Foreign Language
Jonathan R. Manalo; Edward W. Wolfe
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2000 (April 2000)
Recently, the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) changed by including a direct writing assessment where examinees choose between computer and handwritten composition formats. Unfortunately, examinees may have differential access to and...
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The Impact of Composition Medium on Essay Raters in Foreign Language Testing
Jonathan R. Manalo; Edward W. Wolfe
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2000 (April 2000)
Recently, the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) changed by including a writing section that gives the examinee an option between computer and handwritten formats to compose their responses. Unfortunately, this may introduce several...
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Assessing Learning in a Technology-Supported Genetics Environment: Evidential and Systemic Validity Issues
Daniel T. Hickey; Edward W. Wolfe; Ann C. H. Kindfield
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 1998 (April 1998)
To evaluate student learning in a computer-supported environment known as "GenScope," a system was developed for assessing students' understanding and learning of introductory genetics material presented in two developed GenScope instruments. Both...
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Assessing Learning in a Technology-Supported Genetics Environment: Evidential and Systemic Validity Issues
Daniel T. Hickey; Edward W. Wolfe; Ann C. H. Kindfield
Educational Assessment Vol. 6, No. 3 (2000) pp. 155–96
Developed a system for assessing students' reasoning proficiency in introductory genetics in the computer-supported environment GenScope (tm). Studied whether the assessment system helped students develop the understanding it was designed to assess. ...