Alternatives in Assessment of Achievements, Learning Processes and Prior Knowledge

Contributing authors. Preface. Introduction. I: Alternatives in assessment of achievement. 1.Assessment 2000: Towards a pluralistic approach to assessment; M. Birenbaum. 2. Assessment of mathematics - what is the agenda? L. Burton. 3. The ripple effect: the instructional impact of the systematic introduction of performance assessment in mathematics; D. Clarke, M. Stephens. 4. Science assessment; P. Tamir. 5. On the content validity of performance assessments: centrality of domain specification; R.J. Shavelson, et al. 6. Language testing: matching assessment procedures with language knowledge; E. Shohamy. 7. Academic literacy as ways of getting-to-know: what can be assessed? G. Sarig. 8. Assessment in a problem-based economics curriculum; M. Segers. II: Assessment of prior knowledge and learning processes. 9. Assessment of domain-specific and domain-transcending prior knowledge; F.J.R.C. Dochy. 10. How general are the effects of domain-specific prior knowledge on study expertise as compared to general thinking skills? A. Minnaert, P.J. Janssen. 11. The revised inventory of learning processes: a multifaceted perspective on individual differences in learning; E. Geisler-Brenstein, R.R. Schmeck. 12. Assessing students' motivation and learning strategies in the classroom context: the motivated strategies for learning questionnaire; T. Garcia, P.R. Pintrich. 13. Development of an inventory to measure learning strategies; C. Vizcarro, et al. 14. Identifying and advising students with deficient study skills: an integrated computer-based package for staff and students; N. Entwhistle, et al. Subject index.