2010
DOI: 10.5038/1936-4660.3.2.2
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Advancing Assessment of Quantitative and Scientific Reasoning

Abstract: Advancing Assessment of Quantitative and Scientific Reasoning is a four-year NSF Project (DUE-0618599) in part designed to evaluate the generalizability of quantitative (QR) and scientific reasoning (SR) assessment instruments created at James Madison University to four other four-year institutions with very distinct missions and student demographics. This article describes the methods, results, and findings we obtained in our studies. More specifically, we describe how to conduct content-alignment exercises i… Show more

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“…, 2004; Miller, 2007). General scientific reasoning instruments were developed specifically to test cognitive skills related to critical thinking and reasoning (Lawson, 1978; Facione, 1991; Sundre, 2003, 2008; Sundre et al. , 2008; Quitadamo et al.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…, 2004; Miller, 2007). General scientific reasoning instruments were developed specifically to test cognitive skills related to critical thinking and reasoning (Lawson, 1978; Facione, 1991; Sundre, 2003, 2008; Sundre et al. , 2008; Quitadamo et al.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Included in the Assessment Day tests is the Natural World-9 (NW-9), a 66-item test developed by JMU faculty and the Center for Assessment and Research Studies to assess Cluster 3's QR and SR learning objectives 3 (Table 1; Sundre and Thelk 2010). Specifically, the NW-9 is composed of two tests: QR-9 and SR-9.…”
Section: The Natural Worldmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, the sum of all items is representative of scientific reasoning (QR+SR), as defined; this total is referred to as the NW-9. The QR-9, SR-9 and NW-9 4 have been extensively studied and are all currently in their ninth versions (see Sundre and Thelk 2010;Hurney et al 2011). For clarity, we will refer to these tests as the QR and the QR+SR in this paper.…”
Section: The Natural Worldmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…For example, in this journal, Taylor (2009) provides an overview of some of the welldeveloped measures for quantitative literacy assessment, and Sundre and Thelk (2010) discuss the technicalities and importance in aligning QR assessment with learning goals. These are just two of the many examples in QR assessment.…”
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confidence: 99%