instrument development

The LOCUS assessment at the college level: conceptual understanding in introductory statistics
LOCUS is a collection of assessments designed to measure conceptual understanding of statistics at the levels hypothesized by the GAISE …
Jul 17, 2014 — Flagstaff, Arizona (ICOTS 9)
Douglas Whitaker, Catherine Case, Steve Foti, Tim Jacobbe
Project
The LOCUS assessment at the college level: conceptual understanding in introductory statistics
Establishing the validity of the LOCUS assessments through an evidenced-centered design approach
This paper presents the systematic process utilized by the Levels of Conceptual Understanding in Statistics (LOCUS) project to …
Jul 15, 2014 — Flagstaff, Arizona (ICOTS 9)
Tim Jacobbe, Catherine Case, Douglas Whitaker, Steve Foti
Project
Establishing the validity of the LOCUS assessments through an evidenced-centered design approach
LOCUS as a Tool to Measure Teachers' Preparation to Teach Statistics
The release and widespread adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) have dramatically increased the expectations for teaching …
May 21, 2014 — Virtual (eCOTS 2014)
Catherine Case, Douglas Whitaker, Steven Foti, Tim Jacobbe
Project
LOCUS as a Tool to Measure Teachers' Preparation to Teach Statistics
LOCUS: A Tool for Assessing Statistical Reasoning in the CCSS
This session will present diagnostic assessments for measuring students’ understanding of statistics as outlined in the Common Core …
Apr 11, 2014 — New Orleans, Louisiana (NCTM 2014)
Tim Jacobbe, Douglas Whitaker, Catherine Case
Project
LOCUS: A Tool for Assessing Statistical Reasoning in the CCSS
A Measure of Students’ Understanding of Statistics
This session will describe how over 3,000 students performed across the three levels of statistical understanding articulated in the …
Apr 6, 2014 — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (AERA 2014)
Tim Jacobbe, Robert C. delMas, Jeff Haberstroh, Brad Hartlaub, Douglas Whitaker, Catherine Case, Steve Foti
Project
A Measure of Students’ Understanding of Statistics
Establishing the Content Validity of the LOCUS Assessments Through Evidence-Centered Design
This session will present the detailed process that has been utilized to establish the content validity for assessments to measures …
Apr 4, 2014 — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (AERA 2014)
Tim Jacobbe, Jeff Haberstroh, Robert C. delMas, Brad Hartlaub, Douglas Whitaker, Catherine Case, Steve Foti
Project
Establishing the Content Validity of the LOCUS Assessments Through Evidence-Centered Design
The evolution of items from the LOCUS assessment
The goal for this project is to show the evolution of several items from the Levels of Conceptual Understanding in Statistics (LOCUS) …
Apr 18, 2013 — Gainesville, Florida (SAGE Research Symposium 2013)
Douglas Whitaker
Project
The evolution of items from the LOCUS assessment