This article reports a validity study of History Assessments of Thinking (HATs), which are short,
constructed-response assessments of historical thinking. In particular, this study focuses …

The dominant mode of assessment in the American testing landscape is just over a century
old. The multiple-choice item dates to Frederick J. Kelly’s 1914 doctoral dissertation, …

Despite the important role search engines play in finding health information, little systematic
research has looked at the ways in which semantic media complicate this process. An …

A new asymmetric meshing has been proposed, suitable for gearings of a small number of
spur teeth gears, where the overlap contact ratio in the operational direction of movement is …

ABSTRACT: Students in large-enrollment humanities courses need each other and frequent
instructor feedback to learn complex concepts. This article details active learning …

This case study explored how a teacher, Ms. Walter, and her students experienced a unit of
study on market structures in an Advanced Placement (AP) Microeconomics course. We …

Increasingly, educators seek to teach and assess historical thinking. In the post-secondary
environment, historical thinking skills are typically taught alongside historical fact, however …

We investigate career concerns of financial advisers with a focus on their risk-taking and
upward mobility. We use matched employer-employee data for the universe of financial …

The use of standardized test formats in the assessment of historical competencies has recently
come under severe criticism, especially in the United States, where standardized tests …

Developing disciplinary literacy is an emerging priority for secondary teachers as they prepare
students for college, career, and civic life. One way to develop and assess disciplinary …