One Score to Rule Them All: Comparing the Predictive and Concurrent Validity of 30 Ways to Score the Hearts and Flowers Task

• In Event: AERA Virtual Poster Session
  In Virtual Poster Session: Division H - Research, Evaluation and Assessment in Schools Virtual Poster Session

Abstract

The Hearts and Flowers (H&F) task is an executive functioning (EF) assessment that has the potential to be a strong measure of children’s EF but is complicated by a lack of consensus on how to score the task. As a computerized EF assessment, there is data for accuracy and reaction time across three task blocks; researchers have used various combinations of these data, making it difficult to compare findings across studies or longitudinally. This current study compares the predictive and concurrent validity of thirty-one ways of scoring H&F, each with a different combination of accuracy, RT, and task block. Our preliminary results highlight the importance of finding a unifying H&F score and provide evidence supporting the use of two-vector scores.

Authors

• Tiffany Wu, University of Michigan
  Presenting Author

• Christina Weiland, University of Michigan
  Non-Presenting Author