ED430007 TM029720

 

Title: The Reliability and Developmental Validity of the Writing What You Read Rubric for Hypermedia-Authored Narratives: Grades 2-3.
Author(s): Mott, Michael S.; Hare, R. Dwight
Pages: 23
Publication Date: April 1999
Notes: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April 19-23, 1999). For the assessment report, see TM 029 719.
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: Reports--Research (143); Speeches/meeting papers (150)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Illinois
Journal Announcement: RIESEP1999

This study investigated the reliability and developmental and concurrent validity of the Writing What You Read (WWYR) rubric, an instrument originally designed for use with paper-and-pen-created narratives, for hypermedia productions of students in grades 2 and 3. Four teachers guided their students in a 3-month-long hypermedia/ process writing curriculum. The 60 students created narratives in HyperStudies 3.1 on Windows-based computers. In addition to test elements, the narratives contained audio, video, graphic, and hyper-travel elements. Five raters evaluated the hypermedia narratives using the WWYR. Results indicate that, for WWYR values as classroom tool, rater judgments were reliable and valid. However, it is noted that, for WWYR usefulness in guiding educational policy, the reliability and validity issues need to be further evaluated. (Contains 1 figure, 7 tables, and 29 references.) (Author/SLD)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis; *Computer Assisted Instruction; Computer Software; Elementary Education; Elementary School Students; Evaluation Methods; *Hypermedia; Reliability; Test Construction; Test Format; *Test Use; Validity
Identifiers: Paper and Pencil Tests; Scoring Rubrics; *Writing What You Read