Steven J. Osterlind
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Professor Steven J. Osterlind holds
a Ph.D. from the University
of Southern California,
and is the Director of the Educational Psychology Program and Professor at the
Department of Statistics in the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is also a
Distinguished Research Professor at the National College of Ireland. His
primary area is educational psychology, and his main research interests are
psychometrics, test development, statistics, and Item Response Theory.
Professor Osterlind has published widely on Assessment and is the author of
several books including most recently Modern psychometrics: Development &
application of modern mental measures (2005) published in New York by Prentice-Hall.
Articles by Steven J. Osterlind
(1/8/07)
Educators face a dilemma when they attempt to determine the best method to assess learning. The considerations become more complex with recent advances in blended learning technologies. In this article, investigate the advantages and disadvantages of traditional pencil and-paper assessment versus multiple-choice questions (MCQs) with an emphasis on the online environment.
