Measuring Scientific Process Skills with Different Test Formats: A Research from the Perspective of Cognitive Styles

Autor/inn/en	Aydin Ceran, Sema; Ates, Salih
Titel	Measuring Scientific Process Skills with Different Test Formats: A Research from the Perspective of Cognitive Styles
Quelle	In: Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 6 (2020) 3, S.220-230 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Aydin Ceran, Sema) ORCID (Ates, Salih)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2149-214X
Schlagwörter	Science Process Skills; Test Format; Cognitive Style; Measures (Individuals); Grade 7; Middle School Students; Multiple Choice Tests; Performance Based Assessment; Individual Differences; Public Schools; Comparative Testing; Foreign Countries; Turkey (Ankara); Group Embedded Figures Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testentwicklung; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Messdaten; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Multiple choice examinations; Multiple-choice tests, Multiple-choice examinations; Multiple-Choice-Verfahren; Leistungsermittlung; Individueller Unterschied; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Ausland
Abstract	Considering that each student has a different cognitive structure, in addition to providing students with the perspective of a scientist, evaluating this acquisition; it is an important dimension of science education in the context of measurement and evaluation. In this context, the scientific process skills (SPS) of the students with different cognitive styles were examined and it was aimed to interpret the SPS measured in different test format according to cognitive styles. The study was a causal comparison and the study group consisted of 40 students at the seventh-grade level. Cognitive styles of the students were determined by using Group Embedded Figures Test. Open-ended, performance-based and multiple-choice tests were used to evaluate the scientific process skills. Criteria scales were used in the evaluation of open-ended and performance based SPS tests. The data were analyzed by MANOVA method which is a multivariate analysis of variance. Findings indicated that students with field independent cognitive style are more successful in multiple choice SPS test. However, it was concluded that there was no significant difference between mean scores of students in the field-dependent and field-independent cognitive style in both open-ended and performance-based SPS tests. Within the scope of the research, possible factors causing this result such as the difference of students' cognitive style tendencies, the test format used to measure scientific process skills, or the structure of the measured scientific process skills were discussed. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health. Necmettin Erbakan University, Ahmet Kelesoglu Education Faculty, Meram, Konya 42090, Turkey. e-mail: jeseh.info@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jeseh.net
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Update	2024/1/01