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Direct linkKetterlin-Geller, Leanne R.; Shivraj, Pooja; Basaraba, Deni; Yovanoff, Paul – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2019
Diagnostic assessments are intended to support teachers' instructional decision making by providing instructionally relevant information. In this article, we propose that using cognitive theories of learning to design diagnostic assessments can provide teachers with two diagnostic outcomes: (a) the location of a student's thinking within the…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Learning Theories, Test Construction, Learning Processes
Kuo, Bor-Chen; Chen, Chun-Hua; Yang, Chih-Wei; Mok, Magdalena Mo Ching – Educational Psychology, 2016
Traditionally, teachers evaluate students' abilities via their total test scores. Recently, cognitive diagnostic models (CDMs) have begun to provide information about the presence or absence of students' skills or misconceptions. Nevertheless, CDMs are typically applied to tests with multiple-choice (MC) items, which provide less diagnostic…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Responses, Test Items, Models
Yen, Chiung-Fen; Yao, Tsung-Wei; Chiu, Yu-Chih – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2004
This study examined students' alternative conceptions of reptiles and amphibians and the extent to which these conceptions remain intact through the elementary (grades 4 and 6), junior, and senior high school years. We administered multiple-choice and free-response instruments to a total of 513 students and interviewed at least 20 students at each…
Descriptors: Animals, Classification, Misconceptions, Elementary School Science
