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Comparing Cognitive Models Of Domain Mastery And Task Performance In Algebra : Validity Evidence For A State Assessment, Zachary Borden Warner

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

This study compared an expert-based cognitive model of domain mastery with student-based cognitive models of task performance for Integrated Algebra. Interpretations of student test results are limited by experts' hypotheses of how students interact with the items. In reality, the cognitive processes that students use to solve each item may be very different than those assumed by the test developers. Without knowledge of how students are actually operating on these test items and the cognitive processes they use, interpretations from the results of the examination may be compromised. In this study, I investigated the cognitive processes that students used when …