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A Framework for Analyzing Evidence-Based Reasoning in Science Classroom Discourse
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Furtak, Erin Marie; Hardy, Ilonca; Beinbrech, Christina; Shavelson, Richard J.; Shemwell, Jonathan T. – Educational Assessment, 2010
This article adapts the Evidence-Based Reasoning (EBR) Framework (Brown, Furtak, Timms, Nagashima, & Wilson, this issue) to create a coding system for assessing argumentation in science classroom discourse. The instrument, "Evidence-Based Reasoning in Science Classroom Discourse", is intended to provide a means for measuring the quality of EBR in…
Descriptors: Science Education, Logical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Evidence
Richard E. Snow's Remaking of the Concept of Aptitude and Multidimensional Test Validity: Introduction to the Special Issue.
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Shavelson, Richard J.; Roeser, Robert W.; Kupermintz, Haggai; Lau, Shun; Ayala, Carlos; Haydel, Angela; Schultz, Susan; Gallagher, Larry; Quihuis, Gisell – Educational Assessment, 2002
Describes some of the "big ideas" of Richard E. Snow about aptitude, person-situation transaction, and test validity. Also describes the design of a high school study undertaken to explore some of Snow's ideas further and introduces the articles of this special issue. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Aptitude, Educational Theories
Reasoning Dimensions Underlying Science Achievement: The Case of Performance Assessment.
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Ayala, Carlos Cuauhtemoc; Shavelson, Richard J.; Yin, Yue; Schultz, Susan E. – Educational Assessment, 2002
Studied reasoning dimensions underlying science achievement in a test made of items from three national and international examinations and items from only one of the tests (National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988; NELS:88) and in performance test results for 35 students from the larger study. Findings provide tentative support for three…
Descriptors: High School Students, High Schools, National Surveys, Performance Based Assessment
The Concept of Aptitude and Multidimensional Validity Revisited.
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Roeser, Robert W.; Shavelson, Richard J.; Kupermintz, Haggai; Lau, Shun; Ayala, Carlos; Haydel, Angela; Schultz, Susan; Gallagher, Larry; Quihuis, Gisell – Educational Assessment, 2002
Provides an overview of the approach of Richard E. Snow to the concept of aptitude and multidimensional validity and summarizes the studies in this special issue. Overall, studies confirmed the multidimensional structure of science achievement scores, the validity of some key motivational constructs for predicting achievement, and other ideas…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude, Prediction, Student Motivation
On the Validity of Cognitive Interpretations of Scores from Alternative Concept-Mapping Techniques.
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Ruiz-Primo, Maria Araceli; Shavelson, Richard J.; Li, Min; Schultz, Susan E. – Educational Assessment, 2001
Developed a framework for examining cognitive validity claims and used it to evaluate the validity of a "connected understanding" interpretation of three concept mapping techniques used by two teachers and six high school students. Results show that the three mapping techniques provide different pictures of student knowledge and suggest that…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Mapping, High School Students, High Schools