Application of Component Scoring to a Complicated Cognitive Domain

Abstract

The recent development of cognitive psychology and science suggests that the lack of understanding of important structural relations between the entities in a problem-solving domain causes difficulties in learning. This study proposes a new scoring method by which the structural relations as well a processes used in subcomponents of the knowledge structure are taken into account when determining the scores. By so doing, a score of 'I' derived by wrong reasons will be eliminated and patterns of zeros and ones will contain information closely associated with student's cognitive processes. The procedure is illustrated with basic electricity problems. Keywords: rule space, error patterns.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 15, 1985
Accession Number
ADA157897

Entities

People

  • Kentaro Yamamoto
  • Kikumi K. Tatsuoka

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Cognition
  • Computer Programs
  • Education
  • Educational Psychology
  • Electricity
  • Frequency
  • Human Resources
  • Illinois
  • Military Research
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Resistance
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Space