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Colin Carmichael

Research Interests

Education:

• The use of technology in education -  Master's project: The use of technology in the teaching of mathematics.
• The use of item response theory in the measurement of student ability.
  •  Carmichael, C.S, (2000), Item response theory and its application to the analysis of introductory statistics examination items, Honours dissertation, USQ
• Issues surrounding the use of multiple-choice assessment
  •  Carmichael, C.S., Fahey, P, and Plank, A., (2004), 'Assessing our assessment', unpublished conference proceedings, 2004 Evaluations and Assessments Conference, Melbourne, Victoria.
  • Carmichael, C.S. and Fahey, P. (2005), Report into the effectiveness of multiple-choice items in the Faculty of Business, Toowoomba, USQ.
• Self Efficacy in mathematics
  •   Carmichael, C.S. and Taylor, J.A, (2005) Analysis of student beliefs in a tertiary preparatory mathematics course, International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, Vol. 36, No. 7, 713-719

Applied mathematics/statistics

• Variance estimation in complex survey designs - project work completed as a part of the survey's team in OESR.
• Modelling student performance in education - current M.Phil research project
  • Carmichael, C.S., Dunn, P.K. and Taylor, J.A. (2006) Identifying at-risk students: Is it possible in a tertiary preparation course for adults? In Grootenboer, P., Zevenbergen, R. and Chinnappan, M. (Eds.) Identities, Cultures and Learning Spaces: Proceedings of the 29th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Austalasia. Adelaide: MERGA, pp. 107-114