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Peer reviewedSiegler, Robert S. – Educational Researcher, 1989
Discusses the problems of using chronometric analysis, a common cognitive psychological method, for educational assessment. Suggests that cognitive assessment has not reached the precision needed to analyze individual differences. (FMW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Elementary Education, Evaluation, Individual Differences
Tew, E. James, Jr. – 1985
The purpose of this practicum was to determine if adult students engaged in training for high technology jobs can realize a time savings if customary or metric units of measure are used for practical mathematical calculations. Two quizzes were developed, and validated, using customary and metric units for the same type of problem, and the time to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Algorithms, Computation
