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?     

The Use of Time by Academic and Related Staff

This paper reviews surveys of the use of time by academic staff between 1962 and 1994. It reports on the findings of a time diary survey in 1994 of the use of time by academic and academic-related staff at British'old'universities during working weeks in term-time and vacation. The results of the time diary survey are analysed according to respondents'sex, staff grade, type of week, age, type of work, and time when work took place. The results are compared with results of previous surveys, and trends through time are suggested. In conclusion, the paper considers the recent mass expansion of higher education, the effects of this in increasing the workload of university staff, and measures to ameliorate this situation.     

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?     

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。