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Direct linkSoto, Amanda C.; Taylor, Melinda A. – Pearson Education, Inc., 2013
Learning progressions represent a set of skills or pieces of knowledge ordered sequentially from least to most complex. This sequence can guide instruction as well as assessment content. This paper describes several useful methods for validating learning progressions including validating the relationship between the progression and student…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Sequential Learning, Validity, Mastery Learning
Peer reviewedKu, Kelly Y. L. – Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2009
The current paper discusses ambiguities in critical thinking assessment. The paper first reviews the components of critical thinking. It then discusses the features and issues of commonly used critical thinking tests and to what extend they are made compatible to the conceptualization of critical thinking. The paper argues that critical thinking…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Cognitive Tests
Download full textDiBattista, David – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2008
Multiple-choice questions are widely used in higher education and have some important advantages over constructed-response test questions. It seems, however, that many teachers underestimate the value of multiple-choice questions, believing them to be useful only for assessing how well students can memorize information, but not for assessing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multiple Choice Tests, Retention (Psychology), Cognitive Tests
