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Yacci, Michael – 1990
This paper presents two general approaches to the assessment of knowledge structures, the first of which entails the building of empirical evidence to support cognitive theory. This type of assessment is concerned with attempting to prove the existence of various knowledge structures; that is, evidence that leads to the construct validity of these…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Structures, Comprehension, Construct Validity
Download full textShavelson, Richard J.; And Others – 1993
One potential approach to the authentic assessment of what students know and can do in science is concept mapping. A concept map is a graph consisting of nodes representing concepts and labeled lines denoting the relation between a pair of nodes (concepts). The external concept map constructed by the student is interpreted as representing…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Mapping, Construct Validity, Educational Assessment
