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Guggemos, Josef; Seufert, Sabine; Román-González, Marcos – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
Far-reaching technological changes are shaping our society and the ways in which we work. A key 21st -century skill for taking advantage of those changes may be computational thinking (CT). CT aims at enabling humans to carry out more effective problem solving by utilizing concepts of computing and computer technology. For a successful integration…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Computer Science Education, Performance Tests, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Acland, Henry – Educational Technology, 1976
Competency tests may be invalid because people have different kinds of problems. In addition, these tests do not measure the competency of people who solve problems in unorthodox ways. (LS)
Descriptors: Performance Tests, Problem Solving, Standardized Tests, Test Results

Greenan, James P.; Jarwan, Fathi A. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1992
This study focused on the validation of Generalizable Reasoning Skills assessment instruments with students with disabilities in secondary vocational programs. Results indicated that student self-ratings, teacher ratings, and a performance test were internally consistent and precise measures of reasoning skills for some uses but that most…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Generalization
Frederiksen, Norman; Ward, William C. – 1975
A set of tests that might be reasonably used as provisional criterion measures in research on scientific thinking, particularly creative thinking, were developed and an assessment was made of the suitability of these tests as criterion variables from the standpoint of their psychometric properties. The Tests of Scientific Thinking are performance…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Correlation, Creative Thinking, Creativity Tests