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High Cognitive Test Item Development And Implementation, Ashley Salisbury
High Cognitive Test Item Development And Implementation, Ashley Salisbury
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
In secondary math classrooms there has been a movement toward discovery and problem solving based instruction. This type of instruction requires teachers to teach on what is often considered a higher level of cognition and allows students to discover more ideas and concepts on their own as opposed to traditional lecture style. Teachers with well thought-out examples, questions, and activities provide students with tools to solve problems on their own requiring students to make mathematical discoveries and connections. These skills not only benefit students in their math class but are analytical skills students can use throughout their lives.
With this …