2018 MARC Conference
The Eighteenth Annual MARC Conference:
Innovative Psychometric Modeling and Methods (Nov. 1st-2nd, 2018)
Located at the Adele H. Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
(Live streaming video will be available online after the conference for repeated viewing)
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Jointly supported by the Maryland State Department of Education and the Maryland Assessment Research Center.
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This conference has invited speakers to present new and emerging models and methods for psychometric analysis and applications.
Presentation Schedule
| November 1st (Thursday) | ||
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Morning Session I |
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| 7:30-8:30 |
Registration and Breakfast |
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| 8:30-8:45 |
Welcome and Comments |
Hong Jiao (University of Maryland) |
| 8:45-9:30 |
Advancing psychometric methods for assessing cognitive theory and tracking learning |
Steven Culpepper (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) |
| 9:30-10:15 |
Improving attribute classification accuracy in high dimensional data: A three-step latent regression approach |
Jimmy de la Torre (The University of Hong Kong) |
| Break | ||
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Morning Session II |
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| 10:30-11:15 |
Generalized Linear Mixed Effect Models for Intensive Binary Temporal-Spatio Data from an Eye Tracking Technique |
Sun-Joo Cho (Vanderbilt University) |
| 11:15-12:00 |
Network analysis for learning analytics |
Mengxiao Zhu (Educational Testing Service) |
| November 1st (Thursday) | ||
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Afternoon Session I |
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| 1:00-1:45 |
Item tree models for time series data on eye tracking |
Paul De Boeck (The Ohio State University) |
| 1:45-2:30 |
Theoretical and Practical Considerations for Bridging Models of Learning and Assessment |
Benjamin Deonovic & Gunter Maris (ACT, Inc) |
| Break | ||
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Afternoon Session II |
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| 2:45-3:30 |
A graphical and generalized linear model approach to latent variable modeling |
Frank Rijmen (American Institutes for Research) |
| 3:30-4:15 |
Modeling hint use and response accuracy in learning environments |
Maria Bolsinova (ACT, Inc) |
| November 2nd (Friday) | ||
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Morning Session I |
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| 7:30-8:30 |
Registration and Breakfast |
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| 8:30-9:15 |
Bayesian Marginal Joint Modeling of Process Data
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Jean-Paul Fox (University of Twente) |
| 9:15-10:00 |
Modeling student choices within complex tasks using Markov decision processes |
Michelle LaMar (Educational Testing Service) |
| Break | ||
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Morning Session II |
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| 10:15-11:00 |
Identifying observable outcomes in game-based assessments |
Russell Almond, Valerie J. Shute, Seyfullah Tingir & Seyedahmad Rahimi (Florida State University) |
| 11:00-11:45 |
A Regime-Switching Structural Equation Modeling Framework for Formulating Multi-Phase Linear and Nonlinear Growth Curve Models |
Sy-Miin Chow (Pennsylvania State University) |
| 11:45-12:00 |
Closing Comments |
Robert Lissitz (University of Maryland) |