Cognitive Models for Assessment

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Cognitive modeling has been actively used to understand human cognition in a wide range of educational research. However, application of cognitive modeling to educational assessment does not have an extensive history. With a growing emphasis on problem solving skills and inquiry practices, interactive games and simulations are becoming a common tool for educational assessments. Compared with traditional models, cognitive modeling offers enhanced capabilities to understand complex process data from game/simulation-based assessments at lower levels of grain size. This symposium will present a few examples of how cognitive modeling is being used to understand and assess cognitive processes in various game/simulation-based assessments. The benefits and limitations of cognitive modeling approach and the implications to future assessment research will be also discussed.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Cognition and Assessment

Chairs

• Jung Aa Moon, Educational Testing Service

• Michelle LaMar, Educational Testing Service

Papers

• Modeling Science Inquiry in an Interactive Simulation Task - Jung Aa Moon, Educational Testing Service

• Extending the Additive Factors Model to Assess Student Learning Rates - Ran Liu, Carnegie Mellon University; Kenneth R. Koedinger, Carnegie Mellon University

• Evaluating the Efficacy of Real-Time Scaffolding for Data Interpretation Skills - Raha Moussavi, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Michael A. Sao Pedro, Worcester Polytechnic Institute & Apprendis LLC; Janice D. Gobert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

• What Are Mental Models of Electronic Circuits? Basing an Assessment on Computational Simulations of Experts - Kurt VanLehn, Arizona State University - Tempe

• From Artificial Intelligence to Intelligent Assessment - Michelle LaMar, Educational Testing Service

Discussant

• Irvin R. Katz, Educational Testing Service