Cognitive Validity: Can Multiple-Choice Items Tap Historical Thinking Processes?
Volume: 54, Issue: 6, Pages: 1256 - 1287
Published: Jul 5, 2017
Abstract
Cognitive validity examines the relationship between what an assessment aims to measure and what it actually elicits from test takers. The present study examined whether multiple-choice items from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) grade 12 U.S. history exam elicited the historical thinking processes they were designed to measure. Think-aloud data from 27 accomplished high school students revealed that in no instances did...
Paper Details
Title
Cognitive Validity: Can Multiple-Choice Items Tap Historical Thinking Processes?
Published Date
Jul 5, 2017
Volume
54
Issue
6
Pages
1256 - 1287
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