Cognitively Complex Thinking in Large-Scale Assessment Items

• In Event: Cognitive Reasoning and Complexity

Abstract

This session reports findings of a study of test questions from a large-scale assessment system using a think-aloud methodology. Analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively, students’ verbal responses as they worked through the questions offer strong evidence that the questions elicited cognitively complex thinking.

Authors

• Jim Patterson, College Board

• Dona Carling, College Board