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Development of a Multiple-Choice Problem-Solving Categorization Test for Assessment of Student Knowledge Structure
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Chen, Qingwei; Zhu, Guangtian; Liu, Qiaoyi; Han, Jing; Fu, Zhao; Bao, Lei – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
Problem-solving categorization tasks have been well studied and used as an effective tool for assessment of student knowledge structure. In this study, a traditional free-response categorization test has been modified into a multiple-choice format, and the effectiveness of this new assessment is evaluated. Through randomized testing with Chinese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Construction, Multiple Choice Tests, Problem Solving
The Role of Student Major in Grade Perception in Chemistry Courses
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Karatjas, Andrew; Webb, Jeffrey – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2017
The Kruger-Dunning effect was studied as it related to performance in chemistry courses based on student differences in academic background. Student major was chosen as the classification to look at the effect of students with different interests/specializations. Chemistry majors tended to predict lower performance than biology majors, while…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Grades (Scholastic), Chemistry, Science Instruction
Performance Assessments in Science: Hands-On Tasks and Scoring Guides.
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Stecher, Brian M.; Klein, Stephen P. – 1996
In 1992, RAND received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study the technical quality of performance assessments in science and to evaluate their feasibility for use in large-scale testing programs. The specific goals of the project were to assess the reliability and validity of hands-on science testing and to investigate the cost and…
Descriptors: Chemical Reactions, Classification, Elementary Secondary Education, Hands on Science
A Taxonomy of Selected High School Equivalency Materials. Reading Science Materials. Supplementary Inventory.
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of General Education Curriculum Development. – 1976
Instructors can use this inventory to prepare high school equivalency students for the reading skills test of the new form of the Test of General Educational Development (GED). It replaces the instrument previously recommended for that purpose, the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED). Fifty-two multiple choice questions test the ability…
Descriptors: Classification, Diagnostic Tests, Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs
A Taxonomy of Selected High School Equivalency Materials. Reading Social Studies Materials. Supplementary Inventory.
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of General Education Curriculum Development. – 1976
Instructors can use this inventory to prepare high school equivalency students for the reading skills test of the new form of the Test of General Educational Development (GED). It replaces the instrument previously recommended for that purpose, the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED). Fifty multiple choice questions test the ability to…
Descriptors: Classification, Critical Reading, Diagnostic Tests, Equivalency Tests