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O'Brien, Nancy Patricia was born on March 17, 1955 in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Leo Frederick O'Brien and Yvonne Blanche (Uhlmann) O'Brien Tabb.
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This list assembles a selected group of approximately 1000 books and journals currently available in the field of education, mostly published in the late 1980s. All works are in English and almost all are American. American government documents and monographs published by UNESCO have also been included. Although the majority of entries are individual monographs and journal titles, some multi-volume standard sources have been included, as have been such traditional reference works as directories, encyclopaedias and bibliographies. For certain subject areas, specific types of resources were included; for example, collections of conference papers are peculiar to comparative education because the international scope of the discipline results in the sharing of information in conference settings. In special education, handbook-type materials are included; in educational research and statistics, textbooks are features. In educational reform, commissioned reports and publications from professional organizations are prevalent. A balance of perspectives was attempted whenever suitable materials were available. Educational materials with radical, conservative and moderate viewpoints were annotated if they fell within the criteria for inclusion. In general, materials pertaining to children's literature were excluded since this subject is covered in other resources.
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This is an essential reference tool for professionals involved in the measurement of human performance and abilities through construction of formally designed instruments. O'Brien . . . has compiled the bibliography to emphasize test construction and item construction as they affect the various disciplines. Issues of test bias, validity, and reliability are related specificallly to the process of test construction. This immensely useful bibliography contains 2,759 citations arranged under headings of test construction, fine arts, foreign languages, intelligence, mathematics, miscellaneous, milti-aptitude batteries, personality, reading, science, sensory motor, social studies, speech and hearing, and vocations. Journal of Psychology and Theology Measurement of human performance and ability through formal testing reaches into nearly every area of modern life, and a great deal of research continues to be devoted to improving testing methods. While there is no scarcity of bibliographies of testing materials, a comprehensive resource on test construction and design has been lacking. This new reference is designed to fill that gap. Bringing together materials on a wide range of areas, it provides more than 2,700 classified listings on the development, design, and construction of specific tests as well a general test construction, its rationales, and the pitfalls involved.
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O'Brien, Nancy Patricia was born on March 17, 1955 in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Leo Frederick O'Brien and Yvonne Blanche (Uhlmann) O'Brien Tabb.
Bachelor of Arts in English, University of Illinois, 1976; Master of Science in Liberal Studies, University of Illinois, 1977.
Visiting instructor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1977-1978;
assistant professor library administration, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1978-1984;
associate professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1984-1991;
professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1991;
serials bibliographer, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1977-1978;
social science bibliographer collection development division, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1979-1981;
project director Title II-C grant, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1987-1988;
acting library and information science library, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1989-1990;
head Edition and Social Science Library., University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1994;
coordinator social science division, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1996;
education subject specialist, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1981. Discussion leader Illinois White House Conference on Library. and Information services, 1990. Member of national advisory board Office Ednl.
Research and Improvement, United States Dept.Edn., 1989-1991. Grant proposal reviewer National Endowment for Humanities, 1991. Member of advisory board Ctr.for Children's Books, since 1992.
Consultant Arkansas College, 1989. Chairman review teamInstrnl. Materials Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1989.
Presenter in field.
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Member American Library Association (Whitney-Carnegie grantee 1990-1991), American Educational Research Association (member special interest group library resources and information technical), Association College and Research Libraries (member access policy guidelines task force 1990-1995, vice chairman, chairman-elect education and behavioral science section 1993-1994, chairman 1994-1995, member academy status committee 1996-2000, Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Library. award 1997, member new publications advisory board 2004-2007, chair distinguished education and behavioral science library award committee, 2004-2007), Library. Administration and Management Association (member education and training committee public relations section 1990-1995), Resources and Technology Services Division(member micropub. committee 1982-1985, chairman 1983-1985, consultant 1985-1987).
Daughter of Leo Frederick O'Brien and Yvonne Blanche (Uhlmann) O'Brien Tabb. 1child, Nicole Pamela.