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The Development Of An Online Divergent Thinking Test, Jiajun Guo
The Development Of An Online Divergent Thinking Test, Jiajun Guo
Doctoral Dissertations
Divergent thinking (DT) tests are the most frequently used types of creativity assessment and have been administered in traditional paper and pencil format for more than a half century. With the prevalence of computer-based testing and increasing demands for large-scale, faster, and more flexible testing procedures, it is necessary to explore and test the usability of computer-based divergent thinking tests. Yet few studies have focused on the use of technologies in the assessment of creativity, including divergent thinking tests.
The purpose of the present study was to design and test the feasibility of an online divergent thinking (DT) test. The …
Detecting Conceptual Change With Latent Transition Analysis, Glen Davenport
Detecting Conceptual Change With Latent Transition Analysis, Glen Davenport
Doctoral Dissertations
To uphold the core premise of cognitive diagnostic assessment, it is necessary to align different aspects of assessment design. The structure of the test, the measurement model, and the score reporting must align with each other and with the construct being targeted. Conceptual knowledge, as targeted by the Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation (FMCE), can be modeled as a set of overlapping categorical states. As such, latent class analysis (LCA) is the most appropriate measurement model—where students have a probabilistic membership within classes that tend to match with observed mental models.
This dissertation focuses on one particular application of conceptual …