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ERIC Number: EJ627093
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
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On the Cultural Validity of Science Assessments.
Solano-Flores, Guillermo; Nelson-Barber, Sharon
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v38 n5 p553-73 May 2001
Proposes the concept of cultural validity as a form of test validity in science assessment. Contends that current approaches to handling student diversity in assessment are limited. Discusses ways in which adopting cultural validity as a criterion for test validity makes it necessary to shift assessment paradigms and adopt new procedures for assessment development. (Contains 86 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Cultural Influences, Culture, Diversity (Student), Epistemology, Evaluation, Problem Solving, Science Education, Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Note: Special issue: Culture and Language in Science Education.