title: Rasch model of a dynamic assessment: an investigation of the children's inferential thinking modifiability test.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to develop a general procedure for evaluation of a dynamic assessment and to demonstrate an analysis of a dynamic assessment, the CITM (Tzuriel, 1995b), as an objective measure for use as a group assessment. The techniques used to determine the fit of the CITM to a Rasch partial credit model are explicitly outlined. A modified format of the CITM was administered to 266 diverse second grade students in the USA; 58% of participants were identified as low SES. The participants (males n = 144) were White Anglo and Latino American students (55%), many of whom were first generation Mexican immigrants. The CITM was found to adequately fit a Rasch partial credit model (PCM) indicating that the CITM is a likely candidate for a group administered dynamic assessment that can be measured objectively. Data also supported that a model for objectively measuring change in learning ability for inferential thinking in the CITM was feasible.
authors: University of Central Oklahoma, 100 N. University Dr., Campus Box 206, Edmond, OK 73034, USA, lrittner@uco.edu.
authors: Linda L
authors: LL
authors: Rittner
authors: Steven M
authors: SM
authors: Pulos
mesh_terms: D001244:Association; D002648:Child; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011340:Problem Solving; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013850:Thinking; D044465:White People