Using process features to investigate scientific problem-solving in large-scale assessments.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study investigates the process data from scientific inquiry tasks of fair tests [requiring test-takers to manipulate a target variable while keeping other(s) constant] and exhaustive tests (requiring test-takers to construct all combinations of given variables) in the National Assessment of Educational Progress program.

Methods

We identify significant associations between item scores and temporal features of preparation time, execution time, and mean execution time.

Results

Reflecting, respectively, durations of action planning and execution, and execution efficiency, these process features quantitatively differentiate the high- and low-performing students: in the fair tests, high-performing students tended to exhibit shorter execution

SUBMITTER: Gong T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10151488 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature