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ERIC Number: EJ498621
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1911
Pupil Performance in Data Manipulation and Its Relationship to the Skill of Interpretation.
Swatton, P.
Educational Review, v47 n1 p43-57 1995
Analysis of a sample of 100 pupil scripts from a British Assessment of Performance Unit survey suggests that ability to read and interpret graphical data should not be seen as an independent process skill. Instead, hidden cognitive demands of assessment items require integrated understanding based on a sophisticated procedural model. (SK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Data Interpretation, Foreign Countries, Graphs, Interpretive Skills, Science Instruction, Student Evaluation, Test Items
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Great Britain