Potential Uses of Noncognitive Measurement in Education.

Messick, Samuel

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Publication Date: 1979-Jun

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Potential Uses of Noncognitive Measurement in Education.

Messick, Samuel

Journal of Educational Psychology, v71 n3 p281-92 Jun 1979

The potential educational import of noncognitive personal characteristics is examined with particular reference to problems in their measurement. Attention is drawn to some dangers and difficulties in using noncognitive measures in educational practice, and to the need for safeguards against misuse. (Author/RD)

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Affective Measures, Attitude Measures, Educational Diagnosis, Individual Characteristics, Personality Assessment, Research Reviews (Publications), Student Characteristics, Test Interpretation, Testing Problems

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Language: English

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