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An Investigation of Students' Affective Responses to Alternative Assessment Formats [microform] / Laura S. Hamilton
Bib ID 5575922
Format BookBook, MicroformMicroform, OnlineOnline
Author
Hamilton, Laura S
 
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Description [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1994 
28 p. 
Summary

Despite the number of studies investigating affective aspects of test taking, little is known about how students perceive the kinds of extended performance assessments currently being developed for state and local testing programs. This paper presents two studies that address these issues. In the first, hands-on science tasks were administered to 20 sixth-grade and 29 fifth-grade students who thought aloud as they performed each task and answered interview questions afterward. In the other study, mathematics items were administered in three formats (multiple choice, short-answer constructed response, and extended problems) to 29 high school students who were interviewed after completing the items in each format. Results of both studies indicate a great deal of variability in the affective responses of students to novel assessment formats, and they suggest some possible influences on these responses, including the importance of the nature of engagement and students' perceptions of validity and fairness. Three tables and one figure present study findings. (Contains 16 references.) (SLD)

Notes

Sponsoring Agency: Rand Corp., Santa Monica, CA. Inst. on Education and Training.

Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.

Contract Number: MDR-9154406.

Contract Number: RED-9253068.

ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (New Orleans, LA, April 5-7, 1994).

Reproduction Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive. 
Subjects Affective Behavior.  |  Alternative Assessment.  |  Constructed Response.  |  Educational Assessment.  |  Elementary School Students.  |  Emotional Response.  |  Hands On Science.  |  HANDS ON SCIENCE.  |  High School Students.  |  High Schools.  |  Intermediate Grades.  |  Interviews.  |  Mathematics.  |  Multiple Choice Tests.  |  Performance Based Assessment.  |  State Programs.  |  Student Attitudes.  |  Test Format.  |  Testing Programs.  |  Hands on Science - Student Engagement
Form/genre Reports, Research.  |  Speeches/Meeting Papers.
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