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ERIC Number: EJ524902
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1082-5541
A Cognition Analysis of QUASAR's Mathematics Performance Assessment Tasks and Their Sensitivity to Measuring Changes in Middle School Students' Thinking and Reasoning.
Cai, Jinfa, And Others
Research in Middle Level Education Quarterly, v19 n3 p63-94 Spr 1996
Presents a conceptual framework for analyzing students' mathematical understanding, reasoning, problem solving, and communication. Analyses of student responses indicated that the tasks appear to measure the complex thinking and reasoning processes that they were designed to assess. Concludes that the QUASAR assessment tasks can capture changes in students' thinking and reasoning. (MOK)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Concept Formation, Intermediate Grades, Mathematics, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Problem Solving, Qualitative Research, Schemata (Cognition), Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Conceptual Frameworks