A New Approach to Data Analysis for the Construction of Piagetian Tests.

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Title: A New Approach to Data Analysis for the Construction of Piagetian Tests.
Language: English
Authors: Shayer, Michael
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 22
Publication Date: 1980
Document Type: Reports - Research
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Measurement, Developmental Stages, Difficulty Level, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Test Construction, Test Items, Testing Problems
Geographic Terms: United Kingdom (England)
Abstract: The special case of the Piagetian model is discussed in relation to test theory. Problems connected with the construction and analysis of a test based on Piaget and Inhelder's The Child's Construction of Quantities are presented, and related to a method of representing the item discrimination which is consonant with Piagetian theory. Loevinger and Lumsden's critique of test theory is utilized to achieve a representation of the test-space in two-dimensions. This representation allows an approach to testing for unidimensionality equivalent to that of factor-analysis and stays closer to the data. (Author/MH)
Entry Date: 1981
Accession Number: ED194629
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:The special case of the Piagetian model is discussed in relation to test theory. Problems connected with the construction and analysis of a test based on Piaget and Inhelder's The Child's Construction of Quantities are presented, and related to a method of representing the item discrimination which is consonant with Piagetian theory. Loevinger and Lumsden's critique of test theory is utilized to achieve a representation of the test-space in two-dimensions. This representation allows an approach to testing for unidimensionality equivalent to that of factor-analysis and stays closer to the data. (Author/MH)