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ERIC Number: EJ282442
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983-Apr
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Competence vs. Performance and Recent Approaches to Cognitive Assessment.
Dillon, Ronna F.; Stevenson-Hicks, Randy
Psychology in the Schools, v20 n2 p142-45 Apr 1983
Discusses the importance of accurate cognitive assessment and its relationship to effective instructional programing. A disparity between competence and performance can occur across a variety of populations due to task and situational demands and motivational and personality factors. Recent approaches aimed at lessening the gap are discussed. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Competence, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Mainstreaming, Performance, Psychometrics, Secondary School Students, State of the Art Reviews, Student Evaluation, Testing Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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