Adapting Adaptive Testing: Using the MicroCAT Testing System in a Local School District

What is the rationale for adapting an existing testing system instead of developing your own? What are the limitations of MicroCAT? What has to be modified in order to meet local needs and to realize the potential of adaptive testing in the context of an existing testing system?     

Graduate Programs That Prepare Educational Measurement Specialists

What are typical requirements in graduate measurement programs? How d o programs in measurement and research methods differ?     

Social support and recovery from sport injury: elite skiers share their experiences.

Research suggests that social support can be an important coping resource for athletes recovering from sport injury. Few studies have investigated this claim, however. To address this gap in the literature, 10 elite downhill skiers who had recovered from serious sport injuries were interviewed about the sources of stress associated with injury and the role of social support in recovery from sport injury. This paper presents the social supportfindings that emergedfrom this research'. Content analyses of the social support data revealed that the skiers needed various types of emotional, informational, and tangible support from the occurrence of injury through the return to full activity. Members of the treatment team, the ski team, and the skiers' home support net works provided social support throughout these phases. In general, the skiers were satisfied with the support received, indicating that it reduced distress and kept them motivated throughout recovery. The findings from this research have implications for the design of sport injury interventions.     

论城市休闲健身运动的可持续发展

物质生活水平提高后,城市居民的精神生活及健康需求成为休闲健身运动可持续发展的动力;政府和媒介的宣传,有力地促进了全民休闲健身意识的提高;持续稳定的经济发展,给城市休闲健身运动的快速发展奠定了基石。坚持休闲健身运动多元化、趣味化、娱乐化,加速培养休闲健身运动产业的经营、管理以及中介人才是实现我国休闲健身运动健康、快速、可持续发展的重要途径。     

影响我国普通高校大学生网球运动的因素分析与对策研究

运用问卷调查、数理统计等方法对影响我国普通高校网球运动的因素进行了分析与研究，结果表明：当前制约网球运动开展的因素是场地不足、运动氛围差、竞赛制度不完善、师资缺乏等。并就此提出建议和对策，旨在推动网球运动在高校持续、健康、有序的发展。