ERIC Number: EJ1218710
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 23
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0693
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A Validation Framework for Science Learning Progression Research
International Journal of Science Education, v41 n10 p1324-1346 2019
This article provides a validation framework for research on the development and use of science Learning Progressions (LPs). The framework describes how evidence from various sources can be used to establish an interpretive argument and a validity argument at five stages of LP research--development, scoring, generalisation, extrapolation, and use. The interpretation argument contains the interpretation (i.e. the LP and conclusions about students' proficiency generated based on the LP) and the use of the LP. The validity argument specifies how the evidence from various sources supports the interpretation and the use of the LP. Examples from our prior and current research are used to illustrate the validation activities and analyses that can be conducted at each of the five stages. When conducting an LP study, researchers may use one or more validation activities or analyses that are theoretically necessary and practically applicable in their specific research contexts. [For the grantee submission, see ED595026.]
Descriptors: Sequential Approach, Educational Research, Science Education, Validity, Evidence, Scoring, Generalization, Student Evaluation, Test Interpretation, Test Use
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); National Science Foundation (NSF)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A160219; NNX10AT51A; DUE0832173