The Learning Sciences in Educational Assessment

The Role of Cognitive Models

Jacqueline P Leighton author Mark J Gierl author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:1st May '14

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Identifies visual models of the knowledge and strategies students consider in the domains of reading, science and mathematics.

This volume identifies visual models of the knowledge and strategies students consider as they think and perform in the domains of reading, science and mathematics. It also discusses how these models could be adapted, translated and used to design educational assessments that are based on advances in the learning sciences.There is mounting hope in the United States that federal legislation in the form of No Child Left Behind will improve educational outcomes. As titanic as the challenge appears to be, however, the solution could be at our fingertips. This volume identifies visual types of cognitive models in reading, science and mathematics for researchers, test developers, school administrators, policy makers and teachers. In the process of identifying these cognitive models, the book also explores methodological or translation issues to consider as decisions are made about how to generate psychologically informative and psychometrically viable large-scale assessments based on the learning sciences. Initiatives to overhaul educational systems in disrepair may begin with national policies, but the success of these policies will hinge on how well stakeholders begin to rethink what is possible with a keystone of the educational system: large-scale assessment.

"This book inhabits an important space in the current market for educational and psychological assessment and is very sorely needed." -André A. Rupp, University of Maryland

ISBN: 9780521122887

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm

Weight: 380g

278 pages