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Download full textVansickle, Timothy – 2003
Describing the types and uses of tests may seem to be an easy task, but it is not as straightforward as it may first appear. Tests vary on many different characteristics, are used in many different ways, cross the typical assessment categories, and in some cases are so unique as to from a category unto themselves. This chapter explores many…
Descriptors: Classification, Context Effect, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedQuinby, Nelson – Educational Leadership, 1985
Presents an interview with an intelligence expert and author who proposes that the scope of intelligence testing be broadened according to his new taxonomy of intelligence, and that schools use intelligence tests to diagnose individual students' strengths and weaknesses. (MCG)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking
Jenkins, John M.; And Others – 1990
The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) published a new learning style instrument in 1986--the NASSP Learning Style Profile (LSP). The LSP yields independent scores on 24 discrete elements of learning style. Its purpose is to provide educators with a well-validated and easy to use instrument for diagnosing cognitive styles,…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests
