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Controlling for Background Beliefs When Developing Multiple‐Choice Critical Thinking Tests
Author(s) -
Norris Stephen P.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
educational measurement: issues and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.158
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1745-3992
pISSN - 0731-1745
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-3992.1988.tb00437.x
Subject(s) - test (biology) , critical thinking , multiple choice , psychology , social psychology , cognitive psychology , mathematics education , mathematics , statistics , significant difference , paleontology , biology
This paper describes briefly a methodology for developing multiple‐choice critical thinking tests which attempts to overcome certain problems of validity and fairness facing such tests. The paper proposes that direct evidence on test validity be gathered using verbal reports of students' thinking on trial items.