An Information Processing Approach to Performance Assessment.
Abstract
This report summarizes two and one-half years of research concerned with an attempt to apply the theories and methods of laboratory-based studies of human cognitive performance to the area of performance assessment. The primary rationale developed through an ongoing series of experiments (Rose and Fernandes, 1977; Fernandes and Rose, 1978; Allen, Rose, and Kramer, 1978) is that individuals can potentially be characterized in terms of parameters derived from models of selected information processing tasks. If these parameters can be demonstrated to meet standard test-item criteria, then a test battery comprised of such measures would not only be potentially predictive of performance on a wide variety of real-world tasks but would also be firmly based in theory. Such a test battery would represent a significant advance over standard personnel assessment instruments; it would promote increased understanding of the cognitive operations involved in any criterion task shown to be related to constructs in the test battery.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 30, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA063010
Entities
People
- Andrew M. Rose
Organizations
- American Institutes for Research