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ERIC ED343931: Cognitive Assessment of Subject Matter: Understandin... |
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As part of a project on assessing deep understanding of |
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subject matter, a study was conducted to assess students' |
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knowledge of history by focusing on essay writing. |
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Reading a provided text was incorporated into the |
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assessment procedure. Ratings from five high school |
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history teachers were compared with those of four English |
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teachers for 85 essays from 11th-grade advanced placement |
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students in a suburban high school. No significant |
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differences in student performance were found for the two |
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text passages or question type (brief or extended) in |
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ratings of either group. English and history teachers |
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were looking at student papers in fundamentally similar |
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ways, but scoring criteria were not adequate in that they |
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focused on what teachers said they valued, rather than |
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what they actually would write themselves. Using an |
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expert-novice model, new questions were developed, and |
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the new test was administered to 250 11th graders and |
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scored under new scoring rubrics. Higher interrater |
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reliabilities encouraged researchers to train four |
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history teachers in the new scoring approach. Ongoing |
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research is examining the utility of the new scoring |
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focus for high school students in two school districts. |
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The study illustrates the complexity of developing new |
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and useful assessments. Eight tables summarize test |
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development principles, and a 30-item list of references |
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is included. (SLD) |
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Date Published: 2014-11-06 19:30:34 |
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Identifier: ERIC_ED343931 |
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Item Size: 40167042 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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