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Bringing Learning Back In: Examining Three Psychometric Models For Evaluating Learning Progression Theories, Duy Pham

Doctoral Dissertations

Learning progressions provide potentially valuable information to teachers about how to develop a scope and sequence for a group of learning objectives. However, for the learning progressions to be valuable, the progressions must be supported. Although there are several approaches and models that can be used to evaluate the validity of a learning progression, there is a dearth of research examining the advantages and limitations of each approach. The purpose of this study was to examine a multi-dimensional item response theory model and two cognitive diagnostic models (DINA and HO-DINA) for evaluating two learning progressions via a simulation study. In …