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Exploring Test Performance in Mathematics: the Questions Children’s Answers Raise by Elham Kazemi is a Social Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Exploring Test Performance in Mathematics: the Questions Children’s Answers Raise about?
This article investigates children's mathematical performance on test items, specifically multiple-choice questions. Using interviews with 90 fourth-graders, it reveals why particular kinds of items are more or less difficult for students. By using multiple-choice questions and juxtaposing them with similar open-ended problems, the findings underscore the costs of not attending to children's thinking in designing and interpreting problems. The data from this study suggest that when answering multiple-choice questions, students' attention is drawn to the choices themselves. They do not necessarily think through the problem first and thus make their choices based on (often incorrect) generalizations they have made about problem-solving. Whether students answered a multiple-choice question or a similar open-ended problem first impacted both their performance and their reasoning. Moreover, children draw on their life experiences when the context of the problem is salient, thus ignoring important parameters of the stated problem. Implications for investigating children's thinking, instruction, and test design are discussed.
Who reads Exploring Test Performance in Mathematics: the Questions Children’s Answers Raise?
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- Author
- Elham Kazemi
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier Ltd.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0732-3123)
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Social Sciences