PACIFIC RIM OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT SYMPOSIUM 2010 KUALA LUMPUR
29 JUNE – 1 JULY 2010
CONFERENCE
07:30 – 08:15
08:30 – 09:30
09:30 – 10:15
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10:15 – 11:00
Morning Tea Break (Foyer)
Keynote Address
Professor Trevor G. Bond
Parallel sessions 1
(TUESDAY)
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch Break (Foyer)
14:45 – 16:30
16:30 – 17:10
2
JULY 1, 2010
(THURSDAY)
Plenary Session 1 (Dr. Jack Stenner: Causal Models)
(Main Hall CAC)
Parallel sessions 2
Plenary Session 2 (Dr. Margaret Wu: School Based Assessment)
(Main Hall CAC)
17:15
Afternoon Tea Break (Foyer)
8:30 – 10:10
Parallel sessions 3
10:15 – 10:40
Morning Tea Break (Foyer)
10:45 – 11:25
Plenary Session 3 (Dr. Anthony Zara: Certification & Licensure)
(Main Hall CAC)
11:25 – 12:15
Parallel sessions 4
13:15 – 14:30
PROMS Luncheon (Foyer)
14:00 – 14:45
PROMS Business Meeting
14:45 – 18:00
PUTRAJAYA TOUR
8:30 – 10:10
Parallel sessions 5
10:15 – 10:45
Morning Tea Break (Foyer)
10:45 – 11:25
Plenary Session 4 (Professor George Engelhard: Performance Assessment)
(Main Hall CAC)
11:30 – 12:30
Plenary Session 5 (Dr. Noor Lide Abu Kassim: Standards & Standard Setting)
(Main Hall CAC)
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch Break (Foyer)
14:00 – 15:40
Parallel sessions 6
15:45 – 16:30
Forum
(Main Hall CAC)
16:30
CLOSING CEREMONY
&
PRESENTATION OF STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD
17:00
Afternoon Tea Break (Foyer)
JUNE 30, 2010
(WEDNESDAY)
3
(Main Hall CAC)
11:10 – 1:00
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OPENING CEREMONY
JUNE 29, 2010
14:00 - 14:.40
D
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Registration
PARALLEL SESSIONS 1
JUNE 29, 2010 (11:10 – 13:00)
PROMS 1
PROMS 2
PROMS 3
PROMS 4
ID 87 Rodiah Idris & Siti Rahayah
Arifin
ID 58 Chang Mingchiu & Tzou
Hueying
ID 18
ID 113 Noor Lide Abu Kassim &
Noor Hayaty Abu Kasim
Gender Analysis of Malaysian Critical
Thinking (MYCT)
The Performance of Imputation on
the Detection of the
Multidimensionality
ID 92 Chua Kee Eng & Chew Lee
Chin
Gender Differential Item Functioning
in Chemistry: A RASCH-based
Analysis
ID 74 Ngadiman Djaja
Comparison of 1- And 3- Parameter
Item Response Theory Models Using
International Assessment Data
Ian Blackman
Reclaiming the Language of Clinical
Nursing
Clinical Supervision Behaviour:
What Should be the Focus?
ID 71 Yang Ya-Huei, Lin Chuan-Ju &
Hung Pi-Hsia
ID 17 Gurbinder Jit Singh & Ian
Blackman
The Factors influencing the difficulty
of English Listening Tests
Predicting Malaysian Nursing
Student Achievement
ID 9 Mary Bourke
ID 73 Tala Mirzaei, Ngadiman Djaja &
Haniza Yon
ID 72 Hsu Chia-Ling, & Wang WenChung
ID 36 Trevor Holster, Miki Tokunaga,
Simon Wilkins, & J. Lake
Differential Item Functioning (DIF) in
Intelligence Testing in Malaysia
The On-line Procedure for
Simultaneous Control of Item
Exposure and Test Overlap in
Variable Length
Vocabulary Translation Difficulty: A
Rasch Perspective
Construct Modeling, Using Rasch
Diagnostics and Analysis to Refine
an Instrument That Measures
Constructs of Nursing Ethics
ID 107 Hanizah Hamzah, Akbariah
Mohd. Mahdzir, & Ling Swee Eng
ID 69 Huang Sheng-Yun & WenChung Wang
ID 90 Goh Ying Hsuan & Chew Lee
Chin
ID 59 Ahmad Zamri& Noor Lide Abu
Kassim
Are there any significant racial
differences in the voting pattern
amongst the young in Malaysia? DIF
Matters
Using Response Time to Identify
Examinees with Item Pre-Knowledge
under the One-Parameter Logistic
Model with Ability-Based Guessing
A RASCH Analysis of Cloze and
Comprehension Test-Items in a
Teacher-Made Chinese Language
Test
Setting Performance Standards in
Mathematics for Form 2 Students:
Application of the Bookmark Method
PARALLEL SESSIONS 2
JUNE 29, 2010 (14:45 – 16:30)
PROMS 1
PROMS 2
PROMS 3
PROMS 4
ID 79 Lai Wen-Pin& Chien Tsair-Wei
ID 28 Rachael Tan
Assessment and Comparison of
Clinical Manpower between Medical
Centers and Region Hospitals in
Taiwan
Measuring Multifaceted
Performances Using Item Response
Modeling
ID 44 Kabiru Jinjiri-Ringim, Norlena
Hasnan & Mohd Rizal Razalli
ID 102 Muna Saif Abduallah AlKalbani & Amla Salleh
Applying Theory of Constraints to
Achieve the Operational
Performance of Banks
Developing a Career Decision
Making Indicator (CDMI)
ID 83 Yahya Ibrahim Saleh &
Mohammad Khan Jamal Khan
ID 60 S. Kanageswari Suppiah
Shanmugam & Ong Saw Lan
ID 67 Geethanjali Narayanan &
Shahrir Jamaluddin
ID 108 Mikail Ibrahim
Comparative Analysis between
Nigeria and Malaysian National
Health Insurance Scheme Reform
and Health Care Delivery System:
Perspective on Safety and Health
Management
DIF Analyses: A Comparison
between the MantelHaenzel Chisquare and Dimensionality Theory
Item Construction for a Language
Test Based on the Rasch Model
ID 116 Hee Jeong Cheong, Minjung
Song, SiNae Jung, Suk Won Lee
ID 33 Lim Hooi Lian, Noraini Idris &
Wun Thiam Yew
ID 29 Tetsuo Kimura
A Comparative Study on Health
Insurance System of
Assessing a hierarchy of pre-service
teachers’ algebraic thinking in
generalizing of pattern
South Korea and Japan – Revolve
around Out-of-Pocket Payments
Towards the Construction of Item
Banks for Moodle-Based in-house
Computer Adaptive English tests
Evaluation of the Psychometric
Properties of Teaching Feedback
Survey: First and Second Order
Factor Analysis
ID 56 Shamsoo Sa-Un, Hairuddin
Mohd Ali, Mohamad Sahari Nordin,
Ssekamanya Siraje Abdullah&
Sharifah Sariah Syed Hassan
Determinants of Teacher’s Practice
of Infusing Islamic Manners (Adab)
in the Classroom
PARALLEL SESSIONS 3
JUNE 30, 2010 (08:30 – 10:10)
PROMS 1
PROMS 2
PROMS 3
PROMS 4
ID 75 Kabiru Jinjiri Ringim, Norlena
Hasnan& Mohd Rizal Razalli
ID 84 Elia Md Johar & Ainol Madziah
Zubairi
ID 66 Hina Ayaz & Seema Munaf
ID 24 Raymond Stubbe
Critical Success Factors of Business
Process Re-engineering on
Operational Performance of Banks in
Nigeria: Information Technology
Capability As Moderator
The Effects of Item Types on the
Newly Revised Malaysian University
English Test Listening Component
Parental Stress of Children
Diagnosed as Down Syndrome
Verifying the Equating of two
versions of a Yes/No Vocabulary
Test using Winsteps and Facets
ID 117 Ismail Hussein Amzat Nasser
Alghanabousi, & Fatemeh Hakimian
ID 96 Sheila Parveen Lallmamode &
Noor Lide Abu Kassim
Redeveloping Likert’s Management 4System, Rowe & Boulgarides
Decision-making Styles Inventory and
Herzberg’s Motivator-Hygiene
Instrument: Rasch Model Experience
Development and Validation of an
Analytic Rubric for Assessing L2
Writing ePortfolios Using Rasch
Analysis
Intellectual Functioning of Individuals
with Mental Disorders on Wais –R
Validation of the PROMIS Physical
Function Item Bank
ID 50 Jonathan Goh Wee Pin & Lee
Ong Kim
ID 20 Kinnie Kin Yee Chan
ID 45 Rozita Ismail
ID 26 Chien Tsair-Wei &
Wang Wen-Chung
An analysis of automated essay
scoring and human scoring on essay
writing
Challenges and Issues Faced When
Conducting Testing on Young
ID 19 Lee Huan Fang, Chien TsairWei, Hsu Su-Chen & Yen Miaofen
ID 64 William Koh Siaw Yen & Ong
Saw Lan
ID 23 Rajeswari Devadass &
Mafuzah Mohamad
Investigating rating Scale Category
Utility on Maslach Burnout InventoryHuman Services Survey-Taiwanese
Version (MBI-HSS-TV)
Assessment of Psychometric
Properties of Items using Structural
Equation Modeling and Rasch
Measurement Model within the
Framework of an Instrument
(SPAQ1-Students Parent’s Actions
Questionnaire) of Students’
An Exploration of Emotional
Intelligence in Relation to Employees
Confirming what best defines service
quality: A Rasch Measurement
Approach
ID 63 Uzma Ali & Monica Ali
ID 13 Man Hung
&Saltzman, Charles
Dyslexic Children Using Multimedia
Courseware
Working Experience
Reducing Burdens with
Computerized Adaptive Assessment
on an Animation Satisfaction
Questionnaire
ID 110 Adidah Lajis
& Normaziah Abdul Aziz
Assessment of Learners’
Understanding: The Design and
Evaluation of Node Link Scoring
Technique
PARALLEL SESSIONS 4
JUNE 30, 2010 (11:25 – 12:15)
PROMS 1
PROMS 2
PROMS 3
PROMS 4
ID 70 Zainariah Mohd Nor, Nik
Maryam Idris, Mohd Zali Mohd Nor &
Azrilah Abd Aziz
ID 54 Ong Kim Lee
Jonathan Goh Wee Pin
ID 82 Rasidy Abd Rahman & Siti
Rahayah Ariffin
ID 109 Basri, H, Zaharim, A, Omar,
M.Z, A.Rashid, R and Saidfudin, M.
Comparison of Students’
Performance Score in Verbal
Comprehension Index (VCI)
A New Paradigm in Validating Item
Construct in Assuring Instrument
Reliability using Rasch Analysis in
Engineering Education
Measuring Students Performance for
English for Science and Technology –
A New Alternative for Malaysian
Secondary School
Addressing the Dangers of Using
Raw Scores in Measuring
Epistemological Beliefs in
Educational Research
and Processing Speed Index (PSI)
By Gender
ID 30 Jin Kuan-Yu & Wang, WenChung
ID 22 Rob Cavanagh & Yuko AsanoCavanagh
ID 95 Eunkyung Pak & Y.S. Kang
ID 104 David Beglar
Do we Need Testlet Response Models
if We Are Interested in Person
Measure Only?
Measuring Student Perceptions of
their Engagement in Second
Language Acquisition: Learning
Japanese in Western Australia
Lexical and grammatical knowledge
in listening comprehension by
A Longitudinal Study of Changes in
Willingness to Communicate in a
Foreign Language
ID 51 Oon Pey Tee & Subramaniam
R.
ID 32 Lu Szu-Cheng & Twu BorYaun
ID 100 Noviana Mustapa &
Mohamad Johdi Salleh
Rasch Anchored Scale on Factors
Influencing the Take-Up of Physics by
Students
Using Subscale Score to Evaluate
Student’s Performance
Instructional Leadership among
principals of Cluster Secondary
Schools in Malaysia
ID 47 Wang
ID 49 Khadijah Opatokun & Che
Noraini Hashim
Wen-Chung , Qiu Xuelan , Jin KuanYu & Lei Wang
Analyses of Examinee-Selected Items
Authentic Leadership: Student
Perception of Authentic Leadership
at the International Islamic University
Malaysia
Korean learners of English
ID 8 Vahid Aryadoust
Using Many-Facets Rasch Model to
Evaluate a Test of Writing
Academic Achievement in Malaysia
ID 1 Mohammad Tariqur Rahman,
Noor Lide Abu Kassim, Siti
Khayriyyah Mohd Hanafiah
& Humairah Samad Cheung
Support Group Participation, Quality
of Life (QOL) of Malaysian Breast
Cancer Survivors, and Causal Links
between QOL Sub-domains
ID 114 Sharifah Sariah Syed
Hassan, Siti Rafiah Abd Hamid
& Nik A. Hisham
Investigating the model of teacher
effectiveness among experienced
teachers in Malaysia
PARALLEL SESSIONS 5
JULY 1, 2010 (08:30 – 10:10)
PROMS 1
PROMS 2
PROMS 3
ID 101 Kaseh Abu Bakar & Zakia Mutmainnah Kadir
ID 94 Puay Cheng Tan & Chew Lee Chin
ID 27 Boo Ho Voon & Karen Kueh
Measuring Demotivation in Learning Arabic
A RASCH Analysis of Distractors in Biology
Multiple-Choice Items
Measuring Website Service Quality: The Visitor's
Perspective
ID 93 A.Y.M. Atiquil Islam, Noor Lide Abu Kassim &
Mahbubul Haque
ID 86 Syakima Ilyana Ibrahim, Siti Rahayah Ariffin
& Nurul Huda Mohd Abd Malek
ID 53 A.Y.M. Atiquil Islam, Mahbubul Haque,
Tunku Badariah Tunku Ahmad & Mohamad
Sahari Nordin
Development and Validation of Technology
Acceptance Scale for IIUM Students using Rasch
Analysis
Gender Differential Item Functioning (GDIF) In
Malaysia Intelligence Test
ID 112 Bakare Kazeem Kayode & Che Noraini
Hashim
Managing Occupational Stress Among Private Islamic
School Administrators and Senior Teachers in the
Klang Valley
ID 40 Akbariah Mohd. Mahdzir, Nadiah Ahmad
Supian& Ling Swee Eng
The Application of Rasch Model in the Development
of Voting Pattern Indicator (VPI) Instrument Amongst
the Young
An Empirical Study on Students’ Intention to
Adopt Online Research Database
ID 89 Goh Ying Ying & Chew Lee Chin
ID 35 Azlan Mohamed Zain
A RASCH Analysis to Examine the Cognitive
Functioning of Mathematics Test-Items based on
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Faculty’s Adoption of Learning Management
System for E-learning: An Extended Technology
Acceptance Model
ID 68 Shafiza Mohamed & Siti Rahayah Ariffin
ID 98 Jean Yin Chiun Phua & Chew Lee Chin
Items Analysis of PERMATA pintar UKM2
Intelligence Test using Rasch Model Of
Measurement
Measuring Student Performance on Multimedia
Science Tests: A Case Study
PARALLEL SESSIONS 6
JULY 1, 2010 (14:00 – 15:40)
PROMS 1
PROMS 2
PROMS 3
ID 85 Sadeghi Rassoul & Lammi Eirini
ID 65 Rodiah Idris & Trevor G. Bond
ID 41 Holster Trevor & Delint Darcy
Rasch Model Analysis of the Child and Adolescent
PsychProfiler (CAPP)
Establishing and Examining Generic Skills
Benchmarks
Measuring Vocabulary Gains
ID 77 Sehee Hong & Yongrae Cho
ID 81 Brian Doig
ID 111 Kamal J. Badrasawi
& Noor Lide Abu Kassim
Revision of the Dysfunctional Beliefs Test using
Rasch Rating Scale Model
The TIMSS Viking Rubrics: Are they worth the
effort?
ID 91 Aswati Hamzah, Ahmad Zamri Khairani
ID 31 Joseph Chow Kui Foon, Trevor Bond &
& Nordin Ab Razak
Moritz Heene
Defining Spiritual Disposition Scale of
Undergraduates Students
Comparing Hong Kong Students’ Ideas about
Citizenship: 1999 v. 2009 Using the CivEd
Database
Profiling English Literacy of Malaysian Secondary
School Students Using the Rasch Measurement
Model: A Concurrent Analysis for Item Selection
ID 115 Jamilah Jaafar & Nik Ahmad Hisham
Ismail
Factors Affecting Boys’ Academic Achievement
ID 46 Siew Eng Ling, Akbariah Mohd, Lai Kim
Leong & Ling Siew Ching
Validation of Perceived Value Index for Blended
Learning Course: An Application of Rasch Model