Do Linguistic Features Influence Item Difficulty in Physics Assessments?

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Do Linguistic Features Influence Item Difficulty in Physics Assessments? / Höttecke, Dietmar; Feser, Markus Sebastian; Heine, Lena et al.
In: Science Education Review Letters, Vol. 2018, 2018, p. 1-6.

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@article{54e5b8ffd697412f8b0483c1a060db5a,
title = "Do Linguistic Features Influence Item Difficulty in Physics Assessments?",
abstract = "This paper addresses the question if and to which extent linguistic surface features of test items in a physics assessment affect item difficulty. In an experimental study, linguistic features of test items in physics were varied systematically on three levels based on a heuristic model of linguistic demands. The results show that item difficulty can be predicted by linguistic features, but only for a limited number of items and not in a consistent way.",
keywords = "Empirical education research",
author = "Dietmar H{\"o}ttecke and Feser, {Markus Sebastian} and Lena Heine and Timo Ehmke",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.18452/19188",
language = "English",
volume = "2018",
pages = "1--6",
journal = "Science Education Review Letters",
issn = "2566-9087",
publisher = "Humboldt-Universit{\"a}t zu Berlin",

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