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Hanshaw, Larry G. – College Student Journal, 2012
This study sought to determine how students would describe their group-only cooperative testing experiences in terms of key elements of cooperative learning often cited in the literature. Written comments of 159 graduate students were analyzed and 26 related categories of comments were derived from 495 statements of students enrolled in two…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods, Graduate Students
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Pratt, C.; Hacker, R. G. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1984
A unidimensional latent trait model was used to test a single-factor hypothesis of the Lawson Classroom Test of Formal Reasoning. The test failed to provide a valid measure of formal reasoning. This was a result of test format which neglected aspects of formal reasoning emphasized by Inhelder and Piaget. (Author/DWH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Group Testing, Higher Education, Latent Trait Theory
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Elliot, Diane L.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1994
An Oregon Health Sciences University medical school experiment adapted the quarterly Objective Structured Clinical Examination, in which medical students interact with standardized patients, to accommodate 23 small groups rather than 94 individual students at each testing station. Results indicated the method favorably influenced students,…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Group Testing, Higher Education