Seeking multicultural validity: A postcard from the road

Kirkhart, Karen E.

doi:10.1016/0886-1633(95)90002-0

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“…The item developers have teaching experience for the subject of Mathematics ranged from five to 17 years. The items were developed with bilingual version: English language and Malaysian national language using backward translation from English to Malaysian national language due to the concern of multicultural validity as pointed out by Kirkhart (1995). Multicultural validity refers to an instrument measures what it supposes to measure as understood by the respondents of a particular culture (Kirkhart, 1995).…”

Section: Stage 2 Instrument Development and Validationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Examining Quality of Mathemtics Test Items Using Rasch Model: Preminarily Analysis

Razak

Khairani

Thien

2012

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

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Producing a high quality of test items needs a substantial time and efforts in developing and examining each test item. Literature suggested this limitation can be remedied with a large collection of test items along with their measurement characteristics which termed as item bank. However, a well-developed item bank is formed by a set of high quality of test items using a rigorous development and validation procedures. In achieving this, this study attempts to describe the development of Malaysian secondary school Form two Mathematics item bank; and to examine the psychometric properties of the test items which developed based on Malaysian Mathematics Curriculum Specifications. The sample consisted of 1 316 Form two students selected from 12 secondary schools in the state of Penang and Perak. Data was analyzed using Rasch Unidimensional Measurement Model with WinSteps computer program. The results showed that 19 out of 160 items were excluded as not fitting Rasch measurement model. Thus, only 141 items were stored in the item bank and empirically fulfilled the quality as suggested by the Rasch measurement model. This study contributes to create Malaysian Mathematics item bank which deserves to be further created, tested and modified the computer adaptive testing (CAT) program.

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Section: Stage 2 Instrument Development and Validationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Examining Quality of Mathemtics Test Items Using Rasch Model: Preminarily Analysis

Razak

Khairani

Thien

2012

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

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“…This relates to standards of communitybased research, which require that research produces community benefits as well as academic findings (Kowalsky et al 1996;Smith 1999). Both the evaluation exercise and the results of the evaluation have the capacity to effect change (Kirkhart 1995 It was critical for me to understand and attend to these aforementioned components of validity in order to establish a strong methodological foundation for this research, develop the proposed method (Chapter 4) and evaluate the success of the method (Chapter 5). This interpretation of validity was also used as a criterion to delineate effective Tl'azt'en measures of adaptive forest co-management (Section 5.2).…”

Section: Aboriginal Involvement In Evaluationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Design logic refers to how the method addresses standard definitions of internal and external validity (Kirkhart 1995), which are reviewed in Section 4.1. Interpersonal validity speaks to a researcher's awareness and sensibility, addressing for example cross-cultural communication barriers, biases based on the researcher's own culture, and other dimensions of interpersonal influence.…”

Section: Aboriginal Involvement In Evaluationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Symonette (2004) explains that continual effort is needed to conduct evaluation work in a multicultural environment; one must proactively survey the shifting socio-political and socio-cultural terrain, continually assess and refine her/his perceptive abilities, and cultivate an empathetic perspective that acknowledges ones own biases. Kirkhart (1995) (Kirkhart 1995, pg 4-5).…”

Section: Aboriginal Involvement In Evaluationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Fundamentally, "courtesy, respect, patience, considerations, generosity, reflecting on and being sensitive to others' realities... such virtues seem the core of personal and interpersonal well-being" (Chambers 1997, pg 233). Researchers who work with Aboriginal communities recognize the importance of the researcher's personal abilities and skills to ensure effective communication (Sherry 2002;Kirkhart 1995;Smith 1999). Some key personal attributes include credibility and trustworthiness, openness, empathy, flexibility, a democratic leadership style, and a following through with commitments (Sherry 2002).…”

Section: Personal Transformative Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

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