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Publication titles followed by Graduate student participation are those in which one or more students participated during their graduate work at JMU.

Publications - In Press

Kemker, K., Barron, A. E., & Harmes, J. C. (in press).  Laptop computers in the elementary classroom:  A case study of authentic tasks with at-risk students. Educational Media International.

Meyer, J. P., & Setzer, J. C. (in press). A comparison of bridging methods in the analysis of NAEP trends with the new race subgroup definitions. Journal of Educational Measurement. Graduate student participation

Parshall, C. G., Harmes, J. C., Davey, T., & Pashley, P. J. (in press). Innovative item types for computerized testing. In W. J. van der Linden & C. A. W. Glas (Eds.), Computerized adaptive testing: Theory and practice. (2nd ed.). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic.

Taylor, M. A., & Pastor, D. A. (in press). A confirmatory factor analysis of the Student
Adaptation to College Questionnaire. Educational & Psychological Measurement. Graduate student participation

Thelk, A. D., & Hoole, E. R. (in press). What are you thinking? Postsecondary student think-alouds of scientific and quantitative reasoning items. Journal of General Education. Graduate student participation

Wise, S. L., & DeMars, C. E. (in press).  A clarification of the effects of rapid guessing on coefficient alpha: A note on Attali’s Reliability of Speeded Number-Right Multiple-Choice Tests. Applied Psychological Measurement.

Wise. S. L., & Kong, X. (in press). Some practical uses of item response time to improve the quality of low-stakes achievement test data. In S. Sawilowsky (Ed.). Real data analysis. AERA SIG/ES: Information Age Publishing. Graduate student participation

Publications - 2008

Pieper, S. L., Fulcher, K. H., Sundre, D. L. & Erwin, T. D. (2008). “What do I do with the data now?”: Analyzing assessment information for accountability and improvement. Research and Practice in Assessment, 2 (1), Retrieved February 15, 2008 from http://www.virginiaassessment.org/rpa/3/Pieper,%20Fulcher,%20Sundre,%20&%20Erwin.pdf.

Thelk, A, (2008). Detecting items that function differently for two- and four-year college students. Research and Practice in Assessment, 2 (1), Retrieved February 15, 2008 from http://www.virginiaassessment.org/rpa/3/Thelk.pdf.

 

Publications - 2007

Baranik, L. E., Barron, K.E., & Finney, S. J. (2007). Measuring goal orientation in a work domain: Construct validity evidence for the 2 x 2 framework. Educational and Psychological Measurement.

Cameron, L., Wise, S. L., & Lottridge, S. M. (2007). The development and validation of the Information Literacy Test.  College and Research Libraries, 68(3), 229-236. Graduate student participation

Evans, S. W., Serpell, Z. N., Schultz, B., & Pastor, D. A. (2007). Cumulative benefits of secondary school-based treatment of students with ADHD. School Psychology Review, 36, 256-273.

Fairchild, A., Horst, S. J., Finney, S. J., & Barron, K. E. (2007). Evaluating existing and new validity evidence for the Academic Motivation Scale. Contemporary Educational Psychology. Graduate student participation

Kong, X., Wise, S. L., & Bhola, D. S. (2007). Setting the response time threshold parameter to differentiate solution behavior from rapid-guessing behavior. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 67, 606-619. Graduate student participation

Pastor, D. A., Barron, K. E., Miller, B. J., & Davis, S. L. (2007). A latent profile analysis of college students’ achievement goal orientation profiles. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 32, 8-47 .Graduate student participation

Pastor, D. A., Kaliski, P. K., & Weiss, B. A. (2007). Examining college students' gains in general education. Research & Practice in Assessment, 1, 1-20. Graduate student participation

Publications - 2006

Davis, S. L., & Finney, S. J. (2006). Examining the psychometric properties of the Cross Cultural Adaptability Inventory. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 66, 318-330 . Graduate student participation

DeMars, C. E. (2006). Application of the bi-factor multidimensional item response theory model to testlet-based tests. Journal of Educational Measurement, 43, 145-168.

Fairchild, A., & Finney, S. J. (2006). Investigating validity evidence for the Experience in Close Relationships Revised Questionnaire. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 66, 116-135.Graduate student participation

Finney, S. J., & DiStefano, C. (2006). Nonnormal and categorical data in structural equation models. In G.R. Hancock & R.O. Mueller (Eds.). A second course in structural equation modeling. Greenwich, CT: Information Age.

Pastor, D. A., & Beretvas, S. N. (2006). Longitudinal Rasch modeling in the context of
psychotherapy outcomes assessment. Applied Psychological Measurement, 30(2), 100-120.

Wise, S. L. (2006). An investigation of the differential effort received by items on a low-stakes, computer-based test. Applied Measurement in Education, 19(2), 95-114.

Wise, S. L., & DeMars, C. E. (2006). An application of item response time: The effort-moderated model. Journal of Educational Measurement, 43, 19-38.

Wise, V. L., Wise, S. L., & Bhola, D. S. (2006). The generalizability of motivation filtering in improving test score validity. Educational Assessment, 11, 65-83.

Publications - 2005

Anderson, R. D., & Sundre, D. L. (2005). Assessment partnership: A model for collaboration between two-year and four-year institutions. Assessment Update,17 (5), 8, 16.

Barron, A. E., Harmes, J. C., & Kemker, K. (2005). Authentic instruction in laptop
classrooms: Sample lessons that integrate Type II applications. Computers in the Schools, 22 (3/4), 119-130.

Barron, A. E., Harmes, J. C., & Kemker, K. (2005). Technology as a classroom tool:
Learning outcomes with laptop computers. In L. Tan & R. Subramaniam (Eds.), Handbook of research on literacy in technology at the K-12 level (pp.271-286).  Hershey, PA:  Idea Group Reference.

DeMars, C. E. (2005). Type I error rates for PARSCALE's fit index. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 65, 42-50.

Halonen, J., Harris, C. M., Pastor, D. A., Abrahamson, C. E., & Huffman, C. J. (2005). Assessing general education outcomes in introductory psychology. In Dunn, D. S. and Chew, S. (Eds.). Best practices in teaching introductory psychology. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Huynh, H., Barton, K., Meyer, J. P., Porchea, S., & Gallant, D. (2005). Vertically moderated standards for SC PACT 1999 Assessments of English Language Arts and Mathematics: A Look Back from Adjacent-Grade Student Data. Applied Measurement in Education, 18, 115-128.

Liu, X., & Meyer, J. P. (2005). Teachers’ perceptions of their jobs: a multilevel analysis of the Teacher Follow-up Survey 1994-95. Teachers College Record, 107, 985-1003.

Meyer, J. P. (2005). An ability and response time item characteristic surface [cover visual and narrative]. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practices, 24(2), 1-2.

Wise, S. L., & DeMars, C. E. (2005). Low examinee effort in low-stakes assessment: Problems and potential solutions. Educational Assessment 10, 1-17.

Wise, S. L., & Kong, X. (2005). Response time effort: A new measure of examinee motivation in computer-based tests. Applied Measurement in Education, 18, 163-183. Graduate student participation


Publications - 2004


DeMars, C. E. (2004). Detection of item parameter drift over multiple test administrations. Applied Measurement in Education, 17, 265-300.

DeMars, C. E. (2004). Measuring higher education outcomes with a multidimensional Rasch model. Journal of Applied Measurement, 5, 350-361.

DeMars, C. E. (2004). Type I error rates for generalized graded unfolding model fit indices. Applied Psychological Measurement, 28, 48-71.

DeMars, C. E., & Erwin, T. D. (2004). Scoring Neutral or Unsure on an identity development instrument for higher education. Research in Higher Education, 45, 83-95.

Finney, S. J., Pieper, S. L., & Barron, K. E. (2004). Examining the psychometric properties of the Achievement Goal Questionnaire in a general academic context. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 64, 365-382.

Hontangas, P., Olea, J., Ponsoda, V., Revuleta, J., & Wise, S. L. (2004). Assisted self-adapted testing: A comparative study. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 20(1), 2-9.

Huynh, H., Meyer, J. P., & Gallant, D. (2004). Comparability of student performance between regular and oral administrations for a high-stakes mathematics test. Applied Measurement in Education, 17, 39-57.

Meyer, J. P., Huynh, H., & Seaman, M. A. (2004). Differential Item functioning methods based on small samples: An illustration based on an attitude survey. Journal of Educational Measurement, 41, 331-344.

Stoloff, M., Apple, K., Barron, K. E., Reis-Bergen, M. J., & Sundre, D. L. (2004). Seven goals for effective program assessment. In D. Dunn, C. Mehrotra, & J. Halonen (Eds.) Measuring Up: Assessment Challenges and Practices for Psychology. APA Books: Washington, DC.

Sundre, D. L. (2004). Communication, communication, communication: Connecting assessment to enhancing student learning. Volume IV: What works, what matters, and what lasts. Retrived from http://www.pkal.org/template2.cfm?c_id=1011 on February 2, 2004.

Sundre, D. L., & Kitsantas, A. L. (2004). An exploration of the psychology of the examinee: Can examinee self-regulation and test-taking motivation predict consequential and non-consequential test performance? Contemporary Educational Psychology, 29 (1), 6-26.


Publications - 2003

Bandalos, D. L., Finney, S. J., & Geske, J. A. (2003). A model of statistics achievement based on Achievement Goal Theory. Journal of Educational Psychology, 95, 604-616.

Beretvas, S. N., & Pastor, D. A. (2003). Using mixed-effects models in reliability generalization studies. Journal of Educational and Psychological Measurement, 62(1), 75-95.

Davis, L. L., Pastor, D. A., Dodd, B. G., Chiang, C., & Fitzpatrick, S. J. (2003). An examination of exposure control and content balancing restrictions on item selection in CATs using the partial credit model. Journal of Applied Measurement, 4(1), 24-42.

DeMars, C. E. (2003). Detecting multidimensionality due to curricular differences. Journal of Educational Measurement, 40, 29-51.

DeMars, C. E. (2003). Sample size and the recovery of nominal response model item parameters. Applied Psychological Measurement, 27, 275-288.

DeMars, C. E., Cameron, S. L., & Erwin, T. D. (2003). Information literacy as foundational: Determining competence. Journal of General Education, 52, 253-265.

DeMars, C. E., & Erwin, T. D. (2003). Revising the scale of intellectual development: Application of an unfolding model. Journal of College Student Development, 44, 168-184.

Finney, S. J., & Schraw, G. J. (2003). Self-efficacy beliefs in college statistics courses. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 28, 161 – 186.

Kahn, A. S., & Davis, S. L. (2003). A book of our own: The personal essay in psychology of women classes. Teaching of Psychology, 30(1), 71-72. Graduate student participation

Pastor, D. A. (2003). The use of multilevel IRT modeling in applied research: An illustration. Applied Measurement in Education, 16(3), 223-243.

Pieper, S. L., & Fulcher, K. H. (2003). From 8-track to DVD: Updating current assessment practice. Assessment Update: Progress, Trends, and Practices in Higher Education, 15, 6-7.Graduate student participation

Sundre, D. L. (2003). The Academic Skills Inventory: A measure of skills experience. Assessment Update, 15(4), 8-9.

Sundre, D. L. (2003). [Review of the book Building a Scholarship of Assessment]. Teacher’s College Record, 105(7), 1192-1196.

Publications - 2002

Anderson, R. D., & DeMars, C. (2002, May/June). Differential item functioning (DIF): Investigating item bias. Assessment Update, 14 (3), 12, 16. Graduate student participation

DeMars, C. (2002). Incomplete data and item parameter estimates under JMLE and MML. Applied Measurement in Education, 15, 15-31.

DeMars, C. E., Sundre, D. L, & Wise, S. L. (2002). Standard setting: A systematic approach to interpreting student learning. Journal of General Education, 51, 1-20.

Erwin, T. D., & DeMars, C. (2002, March/April). Advancing assessment: Why not computer based assessment? Assessment Update, 14 (2),1-2, 15-16.

Erwin, T. D., & Wise, S. L. (2002). A scholar-practitioner model for assessment. In T. W. Banta (Ed.) Building a scholarship of assessment (pp. 67-81). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Fulcher, K. H., Morrow, A. K., Pieper, S. L., & Thelk, A. D. (2002). Assessment and measurement: Exactly right for student learning. Assessment Update: Progress, Trends, and Practices in Higher Education, 14(4), 4-5. Graduate student participation

Lachnicht, D., Brevard, P. B., Wagner, T. L., & DeMars, C. E. (2002). Dietary oxygen radical absorbance capacity as a predictor of bone mineral density. Nutrition Research, 22, 1389-1399.

Moore, D., & Williams, K. (2002). Virtual university. Assessment Update, 14(1), 11-12. Graduate student participation

Pastor, D. A., Dodd, B. G., & Chang, H. H. (2002). A comparison of item selection techniques and exposure control mechanisms in CATs using the generalized partial credit model. Applied Psychological Measurement, 26(2), 147-163.

Rogers, S., Davis, S., Richardson, J., & Andre, J. (2002). Gender, race, similarity, and distinctiveness in social change blindness. [Abstract]. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 7. Graduate student participation

Sundre, D. L. & Moore, D. L. (2002). The Student Opinion Scale: A measure of examinee motivation. Assessment Update, 14(1), 8-9. Graduate student participation

Varakin, D., Rogers, S., Andre, J., & Davis, S. (2001). Reduced change blindness for task relevant visual features during a social interaction. [Abstract]. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 6. Graduate student participation

Wise, S. L. (2002). The assessment professional: Making a difference in the 21st century. Eye on Psi Chi, 6(3), 16-17.

Wise, S. L. (2002). Assessment professionals: Applying psychology to measure student outcomes. Psi Beta Newsletter, 22(2), 1-4.

Wise, S. L., Ponsoda, V., & Olea, J. (2002). Self-adapted testing: An overview. International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning, 12, 107-122.


Publications - 2001

Bandalos, D. L., & Finney, S. J. (2001). Item parceling issues in structural equation modeling. In G. A. Marcoulides & R. E. Shumaker (Eds.) Advanced structural equation modeling: New developments and techniques. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Couch, J. V., & Sundre, D. L. (2001). Legal Attitudes Scale: A factor analytic study. North American Journal of Psychology, 3(2), 309-320.

DeMars, C. (2001). Computer program exchange: Read_FastTestPro_Log: Extraction of examinee data from FastTEST Pro examinee files. Applied Psychological Measurement, 25, 356.

DeMars, C. (2001). Group differences based on IRT scores: Does the model matter? Educational and Psychological Measurement, 61, 60-70.

Erwin, T. D., & Wise, S. L. (2001). Standard setting. In R. A. Voorhees (Ed.) Measuring what matters: Competency based models in higher education. New Directions for Institutional Research (No. 110). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Sundre, D. L. (2001). Review of the test instrument Career Development Inventory (CDI) . In J. T. Kapes,. & E. A. Whitfield (Eds.), A counselor’s guide to career assessment instruments (4th ed., pp. 323-330). Alexandria, VA: National Career Development Association.


Publications - 2000

DeMars, C. (2000). Computer program exchange: DRAWICC: Modules to graph item response functions and item information functions with SAS GPLOT. Applied Psychological Measurement, 24, 224.

DeMars, C. (2000). Test stakes and item format interactions. Applied Measurement in Education, 13, 55-77.

Hontangas, P., Ponsoda, V., Olea, J., & Wise, S. L. (2000). The choice of item difficulty in self-adapted testing. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 16, 3-12.

Schraw, G., Wise, S. L., & Roos, L. L. (2000). Metacognition and computer-based testing. In G. Schraw (Ed.) Issues in the measurement of metacognition. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.

Wise, S. L. (2000). Review of Innovations in computerized assessment. Journal of Educational Measurement, 37(4), 375-378.

Wise, S. L., & Kingsbury, G. G. (2000). Practical issues in developing and maintaining a computerized adaptive testing program. Psicológica, 21, 135-155.


Publications - 1999

Coleman, P., Nelson, E., & Sundre, D. L. (1999). The relationship between prenatal expectations and postnatal attitudes among first-time mothers. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 17, 27-39.

Sundre, D. (1999). Does examinee motivation moderate the relationship between test consequences and test performance? (Report No. TM029964). Harrisonburg, Virginia: James Madision University. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED432588)

Wise, S. L. (1999). Tests autoadaptados informatizados: Fundamentos, resultados, de investigacion e implicaciónes para la aplicación práctica (Self-adapted tests: Principles, research findings, and implications for practice). In J. Olea, V. Ponsoda, & G. Prieto (Eds.) Tests informatizados: Fundamentos y aplicaciones. Madrid, Spain: Ediciones Pirámide.

Wise, S. L., Finney, S. J., Enders, C. K., Freeman, S. A., & Severance, D. D. (1999). Examinee judgments of changes in item difficulty: Implications for item review in computerized adaptive testing. Applied Measurement in Education, 12, 185-198.


Publications - 1998 and prior

DeMars, C. (1998). Gender differences in mathematics and science on a high school proficiency exam. Applied Measurement in Education, 11, 279-299.

Sundre, D. L. (1998). [Review of Career Development Inventory.] The Thirteenth Mental Measurement Yearbook. 186-189. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.

Sundre, D. L. (1998). [Review of Personnel Reaction Blank.] The Thirteenth Mental Measurement Yearbook. 758-760. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.

Sundre, D. L. (1996). Assessment days can work! In T. A. Banta, J. P. Lund, K. E. Black and F. W. Oblander (Eds.), Assessment in Practice: Putting Principles to Work on College Campuses (pp. 14-33). San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass.

Sundre, D. L. & Cameron, S. C. (1996). Assessment of library research skills. In T. A. Banta, J. P. Lund, K. E. Black and F. W. Oblander (Eds.), Assessment in Practice: Putting Principles to Work on College Campuses (pp. 223-226). San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass.

Sundre, D. L. (1995). [Review of Assessing faculty work: Enhancing individual and institutional performance.] Evaluation Practice, 16 (3), 303-304.

Sundre, D. L. (1995). [Review of Instructional leadership evaluation and development program.] The Twelfth Mental Measurement Yearbook, 491-496. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.

Sundre, D. L. (1995). [Review of The Menstrual Distress Questionnaire.] The Twelfth Mental Measurement Yearbook, 597-599. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.

Sundre D. L. (1994). The practice of student and program assessment: Evolution through engagement. Assessment Update, 6, 1, 4-5.

Sundre, D. L. (1993). [Review of Generalizabilty Theory: A primer]. Evaluation Practice, 14(2), 207-209.

Nelson, E., Allison, J., & Sundre, D. L. (1992). Relationships between divorce and college students' development of identity and intimacy. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 18 (3/4),121-135.

Nelson, E., Allison, J., & Sundre, D. (1992). Relationships between divorce and college students' development of identity and intimacy. In C. A. Everett (Ed.), Divorce and the next generation: Effects on young adults' patterns of intimacy and expectations for marriage. New York: Haworth Press Inc.

Sundre, D. L. (1992). The specification of the content domain of faculty scholarship. Research in Higher Education, 33(3), 297-315.

Sundre, D. L. (1992). Toward more meaningful assessment: Setting local standards. Assessment Update, 4(3), 9-10.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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