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Download full textTatsuoka, Kikumi K. – 1991
Diagnosing cognitive errors possessed by examinees can be considered as a pattern classification problem that is designed to classify a sequential input of stimuli into one of several predetermined groups. The sequential inputs in this paper's context are item responses, and the predetermined groups are various states of knowledge resulting from…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Equations (Mathematics)
Birenbaum, Menucha; Tatsuoka, Kikumi K. – 1980
Much valuable information can be gained by analyzing the students' wrong responses. When a student answers a free response item she/he gives the response which she/he considers to be the correct one. Therefore, diagnosing the algorithm that led the student to his/her answer provides an important source of information for assessing his/her…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Algorithms
