Construction of Geometric Analogy Problems by Young Children in a Computer-Based Test

Brooks Applegate

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 9, No. 1 (1993) pp. 61–77

Describes a study that was conducted to explore how kindergarten and second-grade students are able to structure and solve geometric analogy problems in a computer-based test and to compare the results to a paper-and-pencil test format. Use of the...

Creating Item Characteristic Curves from LOGIST and BICAL Output

Brooks Applegate

Computer programs are presented to plot item and test characteristic curves and item information functions for parameter estimates produced by the LOGIST and BICAL computer programs. These programs provide data in tabular format, but their...

Is the Medium Really the Message? A Comparison of Face-to-Face, Telephone, and Internet Focus Group Venues

June Gothberg; Brooks Applegate; Patricia Reeves; Paula Kohler; Linda Thurston; Lori Peterson

Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research Vol. 7, No. 3 (2013) pp. 108–127

With increased use of technology in qualitative research, it is important to understand unintended, unanticipated, and unobvious consequences to the data. Using a side-by-side comparison of face-to-face, telephone, and Internet with video focus...

Experimental Comparison of Inquiry and Direct Instruction in Science

William W. Cobern; David Schuster; Betty Adams; Brooks Applegate; Brandy Skjold; Adriana Undreiu; Cathleen C. Loving; Janice D. Gobert

Research in Science & Technological Education Vol. 28, No. 1 (April 2010) pp. 81–96

There are continuing educational and political debates about "inquiry" versus "direct" teaching of science. Traditional science instruction has been largely direct but in the US, recent national and state science education standards advocate inquiry ...