The Development of a Health Knowledge Test and how it was as an Achievement Test
Author : Marian L. Carr
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Page : 164 pages
File Size : 30,80 MB
Release : 1933
Category : Health education
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Author : Marian L. Carr
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Page : 164 pages
File Size : 30,80 MB
Release : 1933
Category : Health education
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Page : pages
File Size : 35,56 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Health education
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Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 24,41 MB
Release : 2009-12-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309139805
Health literacy-the ability for individuals to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services to facilitate appropriate health decisions-is increasingly recognized as an important facet of health care and health outcomes. Although research on health literacy has grown tremendously in the past decade, there is no widely agreed-upon framework for health literacy as a determinant of health outcomes. Most instruments focus on assessing an individual's health literacy, yet the scope of health literacy reaches far beyond an individual's skills and abilities. Health literacy occurs in the context of the health care system, and therefore measures of health literacy must also assess the demands and complexities of the health care systems with which patients interact. For example, measures are needed to determine how well the system has been organized so that it can be navigated by individuals with different levels of health literacy and how well health organizations are doing at making health information understandable and actionable. To examine what is known about measures of health literacy, the Institute of Medicine convened a workshop. The workshop, summarized in this volume, reviews the current status of measures of health literacy, including those used in the health care setting; discusses possible surrogate measures that might be used to assess health literacy; and explores ways in which health literacy measures can be used to assess patient-centered approaches to care.
Author : James J. Heckman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 45,53 MB
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 022610012X
Achievement tests play an important role in modern societies. They are used to evaluate schools, to assign students to tracks within schools, and to identify weaknesses in student knowledge. The GED is an achievement test used to grant the status of high school graduate to anyone who passes it. GED recipients currently account for 12 percent of all high school credentials issued each year in the United States. But do achievement tests predict success in life? The Myth of Achievement Tests shows that achievement tests like the GED fail to measure important life skills. James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, Tim Kautz, and a group of scholars offer an in-depth exploration of how the GED came to be used throughout the United States and why our reliance on it is dangerous. Drawing on decades of research, the authors show that, while GED recipients score as well on achievement tests as high school graduates who do not enroll in college, high school graduates vastly outperform GED recipients in terms of their earnings, employment opportunities, educational attainment, and health. The authors show that the differences in success between GED recipients and high school graduates are driven by character skills. Achievement tests like the GED do not adequately capture character skills like conscientiousness, perseverance, sociability, and curiosity. These skills are important in predicting a variety of life outcomes. They can be measured, and they can be taught. Using the GED as a case study, the authors explore what achievement tests miss and show the dangers of an educational system based on them. They call for a return to an emphasis on character in our schools, our systems of accountability, and our national dialogue. Contributors Eric Grodsky, University of Wisconsin–Madison Andrew Halpern-Manners, Indiana University Bloomington Paul A. LaFontaine, Federal Communications Commission Janice H. Laurence, Temple University Lois M. Quinn, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Pedro L. Rodríguez, Institute of Advanced Studies in Administration John Robert Warren, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Author : Donavan Julian Phillips
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Page : 172 pages
File Size : 17,89 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Health education
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Page : 1208 pages
File Size : 16,9 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Education
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Author : Colleen Konicki DiIorio
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 36,17 MB
Release : 2006-03-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780787981648
Measurement in Health Behavior offers faculty, students, researchers, and public health professionals the information they need to improve their knowledge of instrument development and testing and their understanding of reliability and validity testing discussed in articles and reports. The book also helps improve students’ and professionals’ ability to conduct basic tests for reliability and validity and hones their skills in interpreting the results of data analysis. Based on data collected from the author’s more than ten years of research and program development, Measurement in Health Behavior provides realistic examples from the public health arena to clearly demonstrate the book’s concepts.
Author : Terry Hamilton Dearborn
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Page : 458 pages
File Size : 50,90 MB
Release : 1950
Category : Health education
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Page : 376 pages
File Size : 24,87 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Education
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Page : 690 pages
File Size : 17,5 MB
Release : 1932
Category : Physical education and training
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