Menucha Birenbaum
Biographic Data
| ID | 205430 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Menucha Birenbaum |
| GIVEN NAMES | Menucha |
| FAMILY NAME | Birenbaum |
| SIGNATURE | BIRENBAUM M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tel Aviv University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1147-8136 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Perceived Quality of Life, Well-Being, and Curiosity of Older Adults
The study examined the relationships between the perceived quality of life (QoL), well-being (WB), and curiosity of older adults. A convenience sample of 199 subjects answered the CASP12 questionnaire (measuring QoL), the 5-DCR scale (measuring curiosity), and a brief demographic questionnaire (referring to gender, age, marital status, and continued interest in the profession). The qualitative layer consisted of twenty in-depth, semi-structured i…
International trends in the implementation of assessment for learning revisited
This paper discusses the evolution of assessment for learning (AfL) across the globe with particular attention given to Western educational jurisdictions. Scholars from Australia, Canada, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Norway, and the United States discuss prominent assessment reforms within their respective countries over the last decade. Particular attention is given to the impact of the pandemic as well as technological developments for classro…
Characteristics of Curious Minds
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 50 renowned experts from five curiosity-dominant professional fields (scientists, inventors (high-tech entrepreneurs), artists, explorers, and therapeutic professionals). The five-dimensional curiosity framework proposed by Kashdan and colleagues (comprising joyous discovery, deprivation sensitivity, social curiosity, stress (uncertainty) tolerance, and thrill-seeking) was adopted. The purpose was to…
The Chatbots’ Challenge to Education
The article addresses the positive and negative implications of the growing spread of chatbots based on large language models (LLMs) on instruction, learning, and assessment in education. It is based on extensive conversations with ChatGPT regarding pedagogy-related issues and relevant documents. Discussed are the challenges of chatbots like ChatGPT to educators—on the one hand, their potential to advance deep learning and the roles of the instru…
The curiosity of educators from two cultural groups
Nested contexts that shape assessment for learning
Guest Editor's introduction
Cycles of inquiry
Evaluating the Assessment
Diagnostic assessment in TIMSS-R
Diagnostic assessment in TIMSS-R
On Agreement of Diagnostic Classifications from Parallel Subtests
The purpose of the present study was to examine the agreement of diagnostic classifications from two parallel subtests assessing a procedural skill in mathematics using three levels of scoring: (a) observed item scores (correct/incorrect), (b) underlying rules of operation, and (c) underlying task attributes. A bug analysis and a rule space analysis were employed to assess categories b and c, respectively. The results indicated that even when the…
Gender and Ethnic-Group Differences in Causal Attributions for Success and Failure in Mathematics and Language Examinations
The purpose of the present study was to examine gender and ethnic differences among Jewish and Arab high school students in Israel with respect to their causal attributions for success and failure in mathematics and language examinations. The entire sample included 333 ninth graders. Nine causal attributions were examined. It was hypothesized that cultural differences in general and in gender role socialization in particular, between the two ethn…
Toward adaptive assessment — The student's angle
Language attitudes and social group memberships
Adolescents from disadvantaged neighborhoods
“How”—beyond the “what”, towards the “why”
The Structure of the S-R Inventory of Anxiousness
The Endler S-R Inventory of General Trait Anxiousness was analysed employing Smallest Space Analysis and factor analysis. The Smallest Space Analysis yielded a two-dimensional lattice partitioning the space into regions corresponding to the situations and the response clusters. The situations were the ones specified in the inventory: Interpersonal general situation, social evaluation situation, ambiguous or novel situation, and physical danger si…
On the Location of the Sensation Seeking construct in the Personality Domain
The purpose of the study was to examine the location of Zuckerman's sensation seeking (SS) construct in the personality domain as measured by Cattell's 16 personality factors (16PF). The results of the factor analytic study indicated that the global construct of sensation seeking is related to the broad personality factor of independence. When the Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS) was divided into subscales, relations with two other broader personali…
Psychopathological factors and sensation seeking
Comparing the Effectiveness of Several Irt Based Appropriateness Measures in Detecting Unusual Response Patterns
The study compared nine indices of response pattern appropriateness based on IRT with respect to their relation to the total test score and their, effectiveness in detecting unusual response patterns. Three groups of response patterns were analyzed; a group of cooperative examinees, a group of uncooperative examinees and a group of randomly generated response patterns. The comparison among the indices was based on their capability to differentiat…
Contradictory Or Complementary? Reassessment Of Two Competing Theories Of The Structure Of Attitudes
The theories of Kerlinger and Eysenck on the nature of the dimensions underlying social attitudes are discussed. Integrating principles from both theories, an alternative approach to the issue is suggested and tested on the domain of attitudes towards education in relation to personality. The results of a multivariate analysis support Kerlinger's concept of the duality (vs. bipolarity) of the attitudinal domain, as well as Eysenck's theory about …
Kerlinger's Criterial Referents Theory Revisited
Kerlinger's criterial referents theory of attitudes was tested cross culturally by administering an education attitude referents (i.e., single words and short phrases) summated-rating scale to 713 indi viduals in Israel. The theory's claim of a dualistic structure of educa tional attitudes was tested with the aid of Radial Parcelling Analy sis, avoiding rotational procedures. Two distinct clusters of referents, corresponding to Traditional and Pr…
Kerlinger's Criterial Referents Theory Revisited
Kerlinger's criterial referents theory of attitudes was tested cross culturally by administering an education attitude referents (i.e., single words and short phrases) summated-rating scale to 713 indi viduals in Israel. The theory's claim of a dualistic structure of educa tional attitudes was tested with the aid of Radial Parcelling Analy sis, avoiding rotational procedures. Two distinct clusters of referents, corresponding to Traditional and Pr…
Contradictory Or Complementary? Reassessment Of Two Competing Theories Of The Structure Of Attitudes
The theories of Kerlinger and Eysenck on the nature of the dimensions underlying social attitudes are discussed. Integrating principles from both theories, an alternative approach to the issue is suggested and tested on the domain of attitudes towards education in relation to personality. The results of a multivariate analysis support Kerlinger's concept of the duality (vs. bipolarity) of the attitudinal domain, as well as Eysenck's theory about …
Comparing the Effectiveness of Several Irt Based Appropriateness Measures in Detecting Unusual Response Patterns
The study compared nine indices of response pattern appropriateness based on IRT with respect to their relation to the total test score and their, effectiveness in detecting unusual response patterns. Three groups of response patterns were analyzed; a group of cooperative examinees, a group of uncooperative examinees and a group of randomly generated response patterns. The comparison among the indices was based on their capability to differentiat…
“How”—beyond the “what”, towards the “why”
The Structure of the S-R Inventory of Anxiousness
The Endler S-R Inventory of General Trait Anxiousness was analysed employing Smallest Space Analysis and factor analysis. The Smallest Space Analysis yielded a two-dimensional lattice partitioning the space into regions corresponding to the situations and the response clusters. The situations were the ones specified in the inventory: Interpersonal general situation, social evaluation situation, ambiguous or novel situation, and physical danger si…
On the Location of the Sensation Seeking construct in the Personality Domain
The purpose of the study was to examine the location of Zuckerman's sensation seeking (SS) construct in the personality domain as measured by Cattell's 16 personality factors (16PF). The results of the factor analytic study indicated that the global construct of sensation seeking is related to the broad personality factor of independence. When the Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS) was divided into subscales, relations with two other broader personali…
Psychopathological factors and sensation seeking
Adolescents from disadvantaged neighborhoods
Language attitudes and social group memberships
Toward adaptive assessment — The student's angle
Gender and Ethnic-Group Differences in Causal Attributions for Success and Failure in Mathematics and Language Examinations
The purpose of the present study was to examine gender and ethnic differences among Jewish and Arab high school students in Israel with respect to their causal attributions for success and failure in mathematics and language examinations. The entire sample included 333 ninth graders. Nine causal attributions were examined. It was hypothesized that cultural differences in general and in gender role socialization in particular, between the two ethn…
On Agreement of Diagnostic Classifications from Parallel Subtests
The purpose of the present study was to examine the agreement of diagnostic classifications from two parallel subtests assessing a procedural skill in mathematics using three levels of scoring: (a) observed item scores (correct/incorrect), (b) underlying rules of operation, and (c) underlying task attributes. A bug analysis and a rule space analysis were employed to assess categories b and c, respectively. The results indicated that even when the…
Diagnostic assessment in TIMSS-R
Diagnostic assessment in TIMSS-R
Evaluating the Assessment
Cycles of inquiry
Nested contexts that shape assessment for learning
Guest Editor's introduction
The curiosity of educators from two cultural groups
The Chatbots’ Challenge to Education
The article addresses the positive and negative implications of the growing spread of chatbots based on large language models (LLMs) on instruction, learning, and assessment in education. It is based on extensive conversations with ChatGPT regarding pedagogy-related issues and relevant documents. Discussed are the challenges of chatbots like ChatGPT to educators—on the one hand, their potential to advance deep learning and the roles of the instru…
Characteristics of Curious Minds
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 50 renowned experts from five curiosity-dominant professional fields (scientists, inventors (high-tech entrepreneurs), artists, explorers, and therapeutic professionals). The five-dimensional curiosity framework proposed by Kashdan and colleagues (comprising joyous discovery, deprivation sensitivity, social curiosity, stress (uncertainty) tolerance, and thrill-seeking) was adopted. The purpose was to…
Perceived Quality of Life, Well-Being, and Curiosity of Older Adults
The study examined the relationships between the perceived quality of life (QoL), well-being (WB), and curiosity of older adults. A convenience sample of 199 subjects answered the CASP12 questionnaire (measuring QoL), the 5-DCR scale (measuring curiosity), and a brief demographic questionnaire (referring to gender, age, marital status, and continued interest in the profession). The qualitative layer consisted of twenty in-depth, semi-structured i…
International trends in the implementation of assessment for learning revisited
This paper discusses the evolution of assessment for learning (AfL) across the globe with particular attention given to Western educational jurisdictions. Scholars from Australia, Canada, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Norway, and the United States discuss prominent assessment reforms within their respective countries over the last decade. Particular attention is given to the impact of the pandemic as well as technological developments for classro…
Psychology (22 works) · Mathematics education (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Pedagogy (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Student Assessment and Feedback (6 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Psychological and Educational Research Studies (4 works)