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VisA instrument (Visualization and Accuracy)

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Description

A paper-and-pencil, group-administered assessment developed by Jacobse et al. that measures grade 5 students' metacognitive judgments and schematic visualization during mathematical word-problem solving.

Components

  • VisA instrument (Visualization and Accuracy) for group-administered on-line metacognition assessment: The VisA instrument combines prediction judgments, problem visualizations, and postdiction judgments into one paper-and-pencil measure of metacognitive monitoring and regulation during word problem solving. "In the VisA instrument, four word problems are presented," each split into four booklet steps: confidence rating, sketching, solving, and postdiction. Scoring awards points for accurate judgments and for schematic versus pictorial sketches, yielding a maximum of 12 points; internal consistency was α=0.70. It can be administered to groups, unlike individual think-aloud protocols. (Jacobse et al. (2012))

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Key Sources

  • Jacobse, A. E., & Harskamp, E. G. (2012). Towards efficient measurement of metacognition in mathematical problem solving. Metacognition and Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-012-9088-x
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title VisA instrument (Visualization and Accuracy)
description A paper-and-pencil, group-administered assessment developed by Jacobse et al.
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