The Dimensionality of Responses to SAT Analogy Items.

Autor/inn/en	Diones, Ruth; und weitere
Institution	Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ.
Titel	The Dimensionality of Responses to SAT Analogy Items.
Quelle	(1996), (35 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Analogy; Cognitive Processes; College Entrance Examinations; Factor Analysis; Factor Structure; Higher Education; Problem Solving; Responses; Test Items; Undergraduate Students; SAT (College Admission Test) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Analogie; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Aufnahmeprüfung; Faktorenanalyse; Faktorenstruktur; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Problemlösen; Test content; Testaufgabe
Abstract	This study continued the research on analogy problem-solving on psychometric tests pursued by I. I. Bejar, R. Chaffin, and S. Embretson (1991). Characteristics of a semantic taxonomy and a cognitively and empirically motivated intensional/pragmatic (I/P) dichotomy were explored. There were two research questions: (1) Could the results of Bejar et al. be replicated with items from the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)? and (2) Would factor analyses support the bidimensional processing structure suggested by the I/P distinction? A specially constructed test of disclosed SAT analogies was administered to a group of 189 undergraduate students. Although factor analyses did not support the expected bidimensionality, a better understanding of both the semantic taxonomy and the I/P dichotomy was achieved. Suggestions are given for future research. (Contains 2 tables, 7 figures, and 21 references.) (Author/SLD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC