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Computer-Based Diagnostics and Systematic Analysis of Knowledge

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Editors:
  1. Dirk Ifenthaler

    1. Abt. Lernforschung, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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  2. Pablo Pirnay-Dummer

    1. Abt. Lernforschung, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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  3. Norbert M. Seel

    1. Inst. Erziehungswissenschaft, Univ. Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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  • International collaborations and current perspectives on computer-based assessment

  • Interdisciplinary contributors from a wide variety of educational and psychological disciplines

  • Integrates all the major fields of computer-based diagnostics including: elicitation, aggregation and classification of knowledge; testing strategies; application of results

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Elicitation of Knowledge

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
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    2. Essentials of Computer-Based Diagnostics of Learning and Cognition

      • Norbert M. Seel
      Pages 3-14

    3. A Functional View Toward Mental Representations

      • Anna Strasser
      Pages 15-25

    4. Mental Representations and Their Analysis: An Epistemological Perspective

      • J. Michael Spector
      Pages 27-40

    5. Multi-decision Approaches for Eliciting Knowledge Structure

      • Roy B. Clariana
      Pages 41-59

    6. The Problem of Knowledge Elicitation from the Expert’s Point of View

      • J. Vrettaros, A. Leros, K. Hrissagis-Chrysagis, A. Drigas
      Pages 61-73

  3. Aggregation and Classification of Knowledge

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-76
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    2. Automated Knowledge Visualization and Assessment

      • Pablo Pirnay-Dummer, Dirk Ifenthaler
      Pages 77-115

    3. Deriving Individual and Group Knowledge Structure from Network Diagrams and from Essays

      • Roy B. Clariana
      Pages 117-130

    4. A Self-Organising Systems Approach to History-Enriched Digital Objects

      • Andrew F. Chiarella, Susanne P. Lajoie
      Pages 131-158

    5. Performance Categories: Task-Diagnostic Techniques and Interfaces

      • Michael Yacci
      Pages 159-173

  4. Comaprison and Empirical Testing Strategies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-176
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    2. Graphs and Networks

      • Peter Tittmann
      Pages 177-188

    3. Abductive Reasoning and Similarity: Some Computational Tools

      • Roger W. Schvaneveldt, Trevor A. Cohen
      Pages 189-211

    4. Scope of Graphical Indices in Educational Diagnostics

      • Dirk Ifenthaler
      Pages 213-234

    5. Complete Structure Comparison

      • Pablo Pirnay-Dummer
      Pages 235-258

  5. Application of Obtained Results

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 259-260
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    2. Computer-Based Feedback for Computer-Based Collaborative Problem Solving

      • Harold F. O’Neil, San-hui Sabrina Chuang, Eva L. Baker
      Pages 261-279

    3. Modeling, Assessing, and Supporting Key Competencies Within Game Environments

      • Valerie J. Shute, Iskandaria Masduki, Oktay Donmez, Vanessa P. Dennen, Yoon-Jeon Kim, Allan C. Jeong et al.
      Pages 281-309
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What is knowledge? How can it be successfully assessed? How can we best use the results? As questions such as these continue to be discussed and the learning sciences continue to deal with expanding amounts of data, the challenge of applying theory to diagnostic methods takes on more complexity.

Computer-Based Diagnostics and Systematic Analysis of Knowledge meets this challenge head-on as an international panel of experts reviews current and emerging assessment methodologies in the psychological and educational arenas. Emphasizing utility, effectiveness, and ease of interpretation, contributors critically discuss practical innovations and intriguing possibilities (including mental representations, automated knowledge visualization, modeling, and computer-based feedback) across fields ranging from mathematics education to medicine. These contents themselves model the steps of systematic inquiry, from theoretical construct to real-world application:

  • Historical and theoretical foundations for the investigation of knowledge

  • Current opportunities for understanding knowledge empirically

  • Strategies for the aggregation and classification of knowledge

  • Tools and methods for comparison and empirical testing

  • Data interfaces between knowledge assessment tools

  • Guidance in applying research results to particular fields

Researchers and professionals in education psychology, instructional technology, computer science, and linguistics will find Computer-Based Diagnostics and Systematic Analysis of Knowledge a stimulating guide to a complex present and a rapidly evolving future.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Abt. Lernforschung, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Dirk Ifenthaler, Pablo Pirnay-Dummer

  • Inst. Erziehungswissenschaft, Univ. Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Norbert M. Seel

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