The Reliability and Validity of a Performance Task for Evaluating Science Process Skills.

Adams, Cheryll M.; Callahan, Carolyn M.

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Publication Date: 1995

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The Reliability and Validity of a Performance Task for Evaluating Science Process Skills.

Adams, Cheryll M.; Callahan, Carolyn M.

Gifted Child Quarterly, v39 n1 p14-20 Win 1995

The Diet Cola Test was designed as a process assessment of science aptitude in intermediate grade students. Investigations of the instrument's reliability and validity indicated that data did not support use of the instrument for identifying individual students' aptitude. However, results suggested the test's appropriateness for evaluating effectiveness of programs teaching science process skills. (DB)

Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Science Instruction, Science Process Skills, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Thinking Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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