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Contact Details

Organization: Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT)
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Homepage: http://www.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin/public/staff_profile.cgi?id=4182
Work: 8344 0951
Fax: 8344 8529
Building: Alice Hoy Building
Campus: Parkville

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Behavioural Science - Honours Institution not known
Doctor of Education Institution not known
Graduate Diploma in Computing Studies Institution not known
Master of Education Institution not known

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
MODELLING PERSON AND ITEM PARAMETERS OF COMPUTER ADMINISTERED PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGIES Chief Investigator NORTH SHORE DEVELOPMENT,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL		 Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2006

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
STANDARD SETTING AND EXAMINATION PROCESSING FOR RACS BASIC SURGICAL SCIENCES MCQ EXAMINATION Chief Investigator ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS 14/09/2006

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Issues in Large-scale Assessments
    Year: 2009
    Event name: Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium 2009 HK
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the PROMS 2009 HK
    Page numbers: 1-42
    Publisher: The Hong Kong Institute of Education(Hong Kong)
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • The difference between boys and girls
    Year: 2008
    Journal: EQ Australia
    Volume: Summer 2008
    Page numbers: 35-36
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • A Comparison of PISA and TIMSS 2003 achievement results in Mathematics and Science


    Year: 2008
    Event name: IRC 2008: The 3rd IEA International Research Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 3rd IEA International Research Conference
    Page numbers: 1-26
    Publisher: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)(Amsterdam)
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  • An analysis of the differential performance of girls and boys on an English test


    Year: 2008
    Event name: The Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS) 2008
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of PROMS 2008
    Page numbers: 1-13
    Publisher: Ochanomizu University(Tokyo)
    Author(s):

  • The 2007 Common Technology Free Examination for Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) Mathematical Methods and Mathematical Methods Computer Algebra System (CAS)


    Year: 2008
    Event name: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Annual Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 331-336
    Publisher: MERGA Inc.(Adelaide)
    Author(s):
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  • Improving the measurement of reading scores by using mathematics and science scores
    Year: 2008
    Event name: The Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS) 2008
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of PROMS 2008
    Page numbers: 1-21
    Publisher: Ochanomizu University(Tokyo)
    Author(s):

Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • Application of Multivariate Rasch Models in International Large-Scale Educational Assessments


    Year: 2007
    Book: Multivariate and Mixture Distribution Rasch Models: Extensions and Applications
    Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media(New York)
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  • The Mixed-Coefficients Multinomial Logit Model: A Generalized Form of the Rasch Model
    Year: 2007
    Book: Multivariate and Mixture Distribution Rasch Models: Extensions and Applications
    Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media(New York)
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • A Comparison of Mathematics Performance Between East and West: What PISA and TIMSS Can Tell Us
    Year: 2006
    Book: Mathematics Education in Different Cultural Traditions: A Comparative Study of East Asia and the West
    Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media(New York)
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  • An Overview of the Mathematics Curricula in the West and East
    Year: 2006
    Book: Mathematics Education in Different Cultural Traditions - A Comparative Study of East Asia and the West
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(New York)
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Journal Articles

  • Modelling Mathematics Problem Solving Item Responses Using a Multidimensional IRT Model
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Mathematics Education Research Journal
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 93-113
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • The Impact of PISA on Mathematics Education: Linking Mathematics and the Real World
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Education Journal
    Volume: 32
    Issue: Winter 2004
    Page numbers: 121-149
    Publisher: Zhongwen Daxue Chubanshe
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  • The role of plausible values in large-scale surveys
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Studies in Educational Evaluation
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 2005
    Page numbers: 114-128
    Publisher: Pergamon
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Factor influencing pupil achievement in SACMEQ - Botswana: An application of structural equation modelling
    Year: 2005
    Event name: International Invitational Educational Policy Research Conference
    Conference Publication: International Invitational Educational Policy Research Conference
    Page numbers: 14
    Publisher: The World Bank(Washington DC)
    Author(s):

Reports

  • Review of the Report on TSA Standards Setting: 2004
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors:

Publications in 2004

Reports

  • Credit Matrix: Analysis and Report on Consistency
    Year: 2004
    Customer: Victorian Qualifications Authority (VQA)
    Report No:: 1
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors:
  • Rasch Model Scaling and Reporting for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Basic Surgical Sciences MCQ Examination
    Year: 2004
    Customer: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
    Report No:: Final Report
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors:

Publications in 2003

Conference Publications/Papers

  • The Impact of PISA in Mathematics Education - Linking Mathematics and the Real World
    Year: 2003
    Event name: PISA Regional Conference
    Conference Publication: The Impact of PISA in Mathematics Education - Linking Mathematics and the Real World
    Page numbers: 1 - 16
    Publisher: The University of Hong Kong
    Author(s):

Reports

  • Vietnam Pupil AchievementNational Assessment of Mathematics and Reading Comprehension Performance of Grade Five Pupils and their Teachers
    Year: 2003
    Customer: World Bank
    Report No:: Supp Analayses
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors:

Publications in 2002

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Imputation for Student Nonresponse in Educational Achievement Surveys
    Year: 2002
    Event name: The International Conference on Improving Surveys
    Conference Publication: Imputation for Student Nonresponse in Educational Achievement Surveys
    Page numbers: 25
    Publisher: ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research Press)(Melbourne)
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  • Issues in the Design of the Student Assessment Instrument for PISA 2000
    Year: 2002
    Event name: The International Conference on Improving Surveys
    Conference Publication: Issues in the Design of the Student Assessment Instrument for PISA 2000
    Page numbers: 28
    Publisher: ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research Press)(Camberwell)
    Author(s):
  • Plausible Values: Why they are important
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Eleventh International Objective Measurement Workshop (IOMW-XI)
    Conference Publication: Plausible Values: Why are they important
    Page numbers: 18
    Publisher: ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research Press)(Melbourne)
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  • Teaching Strategies in Problem Solving
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Australian Association for Research in Education
    Conference Publication: Teaching Strategies in Problem Solving
    Page numbers: 15
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Author(s):

Reports

  • PISA 2000 technical report


    Year: 2002
    Customer: OECD
    Publisher: OECD Publications(Paris)
    Authors:
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