Using think-alouds to create a better measure of biology reasoning / Ting Dai, Martin Van Boekel, Jennifer Cromley, Frank Nelson, Tia Fechter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dai, Ting, author.

Boekel, Martin Van, author.

Cromley, Jennifer, author.

Nelson, Frank, active 2018, author.

Fechter, Tia, author.

Series:

SAGE Research Methods. Cases.

SAGE Research Methods. Cases

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Recitation (Education).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2018.

Summary:

This case study describes how our research team conducted the qualitative think-aloud approach (or cognitive pretesting) to obtaining cognitive validity evidence for an inference-making and reasoning in biology measure for undergraduate students. The main goal of our work was to gather high-quality student think-aloud data of reasoning while they were completing the biology measure to complement quantitative psychometric data of the measure. We provide a detailed case study that demonstrates the development, refinement, and application of our think-aloud protocol. This case study also reveals the challenges we encountered and discusses the valuable lessons we learned from solving various problems in this process. With this case study, we aim to provide student researchers with not only a brief introduction to basic theories of think-aloud research, a procedural description of how to conduct a think-aloud study for measurement validation purposes, but also a thoughtful discussion of challenges and possible solutions to assist in think-aloud research design.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-5264-3716-3

9781526437167

OCLC:

1023830218