Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS) 2016 Conference Proceedings

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxviii

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2. Preliminary Report on the Development and Calibration of a Rasch Scale to Measure Chinese Reading Comprehension Ability in Singaporean 2nd Language Primary School Students

   • T. Chung, M. Z. Mohd Nor, R. J. J. Yan, J. P. L. Loo

   Pages 1-13

3. Rasch Analysis Properties of a Chemistry Test for Form Four Students

   • Adeline Leong Suk Yee, Lay Yoon Fah, Mei-Teng Ling

   Pages 15-25

4. Batik Artisans’ Judgment of Batik Wax Quality and Its Criteria: An Application of the Many-Facets Rasch Model

   • Komarudin Kudiya, Bambang Sumintono, Setiawan Sabana, Agus Sachari

   Pages 27-37

5. Exporting to China: The Future of a Genuine Collaboration with the West

   • Trevor G. Bond, Zi Yan

   Pages 39-48

6. Research Design Considerations in Human Science Research: Reconciling Conceptions of Science, Theories of Measurement and Research Methods

   • Robert F. Cavanagh, William P. Fisher Jr.

   Pages 49-66

7. Test Equating with Winsteps and GITEST: Different but Alike

   • Wu Jinyu, Quan Zhang

   Pages 67-85

8. Evaluating an Evaluation Program: Unknowable Outcomes

   • Jeffrey Durand

   Pages 87-95

9. Measuring Student Competency in University Introductory Computer Programming: Epistemological and Methodological Foundations

   • Leela Waheed, Robert F. Cavanagh

   Pages 97-116

10. Main Psychometric Factors of Video Game Gratification Among Taiwan Adolescents: A Pilot Study

    • Pei-Jung Hsieh

    Pages 117-124

11. A Pilot Study of Student Teachers’ Infinity Thinking Assessment: Part I—Rasch Analysis

    • Lee Fong Ng, Vincent Pang, Kin Eng Chin

    Pages 125-139

12. Rasch Analysis of Attitude and Motivation Towards Language Choice and Use of the Sabah Malay Dialect Instrument (AMCUSM) for Chinese Students in Sabah, Malaysia

    • Shaw Mei Cheong, Mei-Teng Ling, Jane Wong Kon Ling, Saidatul Nornis Haji Mahali

    Pages 141-151

13. Re-analysis of Scientific Creativity Test for Pre-schoolers Using Rasch Model

    • Mui Ken Chin, Mei-Teng Ling, Nyet Moi Siew

    Pages 153-165

14. Evaluating the Sentence Form Test as a Test of English Writing for Students in Three Japanese Universities

    • Kristy King Takagi, YihYeh Pan

    Pages 167-182

15. A Measurement Research on the Learning Effect of Adult College Students’ “Independent Research” in Web-Based Education

    • Junxia Chai

    Pages 183-188

16. Students’ Moral Behaviour Inventory Development and Validation: A Rasch Analysis

    • Sainah Limbasan, Mei-Teng Ling, Vincent Pang

    Pages 189-198

17. Research on the Effectiveness of Individualized Feedback on Voting Behavior

    • Chang Liu, Jianghong Han

    Pages 199-213

18. Measuring Change in Early Mathematics Ability of Children Who Learn Using Games: Stacked Analysis in Rasch Measurement

    • Mei-Teng Ling, Vincent Pang, Connie Cassy Ompok

    Pages 215-226

19. Using Rasch Analysis to Examine the Effects of Year 5 Students’ Understanding of Whole Numbers Multiplication

    • Chin Pheng Chai, Vincent Pang, Kin Eng Chin

    Pages 227-242

This book gathers original studies presented at the PROMS 2016 conference on Rasch theories and Rasch-based applications. It provides significant examples used to address practical measurement problems across a range of disciplines, including: Classic Testing Theory (CTT), Item Response Theory (IRT), philosophy of measurement, dimensionality, the role of fit statistics and research, business and industrial applications, health-related research and the latest Rasch-based computer software.  PROMS welcomes empirical and theoretical studies and workshops, preferably with an emphasis on the Rasch model. Special attention is paid to manuscripts submitted by non-native English-speaking authors from Pacific Rim countries, regions and beyond. 
PROMS 2016 (Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium) was held July 30-August 3, 2016 in Xi’an, China. The goal of the conference was to bring together researchers, scholars and professors from research institutes, universities, hospitals, business and management sectors, as well as professional practitioners, to exchange and share ideas, problems and solutions regarding the multifaceted aspects of the Rasch model and on the much debated yet highly topical issues of objective assessment.

• Rating Scale with Rasch Measurement
• Rasch Model and its application
• Winsteps, Lexiles, Bilog, Parscale, Gitest and their use
• MFRA and SEM
• Validity and Reliability with Rasch Measurement
• Rasch Model and CET, GEPT, TEM, and SCT
• Assessment of Psychometric Properties
• Globalization and implication for Measurement
• Anchor items and test equating
• Computerized Cognitive Testing

• College of Foreign Studies, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, China

  Quan Zhang

Zhang Quan, Ph.D, professor of Jiaxing University, Ph.D supervisor of City University of Macau, Ph.D supervisor of Deep University, USA, senior visiting scholar to ETS and research scholar at UCLA, has been actively getting involved in large-scale language testing research and practice in China since 1986. As a key member of several important Supervisory Committees, of MET equating project of Examination Authority under Ministry of Education, P.R.China, Examiner of CET,  Guangdong, advisor of PLA Testing Center (2000-2005), Prof. Zhang’s area of interest and expertise range from linguistics to language testing. 

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