Innovative Approaches to Measuring Cognitive and Learning Development

Session Type: Paper Session

Abstract

This session presents four papers exploring innovative methods for assessing cognitive development in education. The first paper introduces dynamic measurement (DM) as a framework for capturing evolving constructs like students' learning potential, offering a new validation approach. The second paper examines the impact of peer evaluation on creative thinking and collaborative knowledge construction, using the ICAP framework and AIGC tools. The third analyzes reading performance trends in Ireland using PIRLS data, providing insights into literacy development. The final paper investigates the influence of extracurricular activities on spatial skills and gender differences, highlighting informal learning's role in cognitive growth. Together, these studies offer new perspectives on educational measurement and cognitive assessment.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Cognition and Assessment

Papers

• Capturing Developing Constructs: Dynamic Measurement Practices - Yixiao Dong, University of California - Santa Barbara; Denis Dumas, University of Georgia

• Explore the Development of Students' Creative Thinking Under the Theory of ICAP Based on ChatGPT - Yanan Zhao, Northwest Minzu University; Heng Zhang, University of Hong Kong

• Exploring Variables and Reading Achievement in Ireland: Insights From PIRLS 2021 - Margaret Vaughn, Washington State University; Shenghai Dai, Washington State University; Eithne P. Kennedy, Dublin City University; Gerry Shiel, Dublin City University

• Refining a Survey to Explore the Contribution of Extracurricular Activities to Sex Differences in Cognitive Development - Daniel O. Oyeniran, University of Alabama; Joni M. Lakin, University of Alabama