Item difficulty analysis of a high-stakes mathematics examination using Rasch analysis: The case of sequences and series

The National Senior Certificate examination is the most important school examination in South Africa. Analysis of learners’ performance in Mathematics in this examination is normally carried out and presented in terms of the percentage of learners who succeeded in the different bands of achievement....

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Main Authors: Mark Jacobs, Duncan Mhakure, Richard L. Fray, Lorna Holtman, Cyril Julie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2014-05-01
Series:Pythagoras
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Online Access:https://pythagoras.org.za/index.php/pythagoras/article/view/220