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Stadler, Matthias; Brandl, Laura; Greiff, Samuel – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2023
Background: Over the last 20 years, educational large-scale assessments have undergone dramatic changes moving away from simple paper-pencil assessments to innovative, technology-based assessments. This comprehensive switch has led to some rather technical improvements such as identifying early guessing or improving standardization. Objectives: At…
Descriptors: Interaction, Measurement, Data Processing, Sustainability
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Nicolay, Björn; Krieger, Florian; Stadler, Matthias; Vainikainen, Mari-Pauliina; Lindner, Marlit Annalena; Hansen, Anne; Greiff, Samuel – Metacognition and Learning, 2022
The ability to solve complex problems successfully represents a key competence for students' educational success and beyond. While strategy application and metastrategic knowledge constitute two underlying components that drive successful complex problem solving (CPS), little is known about how these two facets develop individually and jointly in…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Problem Solving, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
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Han, Areum; Krieger, Florian; Borgonovi, Francesca; Greiff, Samuel – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2023
Process data are becoming more and more popular in education research. In the field of computer-based assessments of collaborative problem solving (ColPS), process data have been used to identify students' test-taking strategies while working on the assessment, and such data can be used to complement data collected on accuracy and overall…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cooperative Learning, Problem Solving, Reaction Time
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Koch, Marco; Spinath, Frank M.; Greiff, Samuel; Becker, Nicolas – Journal of Intelligence, 2022
Figural matrices tasks are one of the most prominent item formats used in intelligence tests, and their relevance for the assessment of cognitive abilities is unquestionable. However, despite endeavors of the open science movement to make scientific research accessible on all levels, there is a lack of royalty-free figural matrices tests. The Open…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Intelligence Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Items
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Herde, Christoph Nils; Wüstenberg, Sascha; Greiff, Samuel – Applied Measurement in Education, 2016
Complex Problem Solving (CPS) is seen as a cross-curricular 21st century skill that has attracted interest in large-scale-assessments. In the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012, CPS was assessed all over the world to gain information on students' skills to acquire and apply knowledge while dealing with nontransparent…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment
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Wüstenberg, Sascha; Greiff, Samuel; Vainikainen, Mari-Pauliina; Murphy, Kevin – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Changes in the demands posed by increasingly complex workplaces in the 21st century have raised the importance of nonroutine skills such as complex problem solving (CPS). However, little is known about the antecedents and outcomes of CPS, especially with regard to malleable external factors such as classroom climate. To investigate the relations…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Problem Solving, Difficulty Level, Foreign Countries