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Three-step structural assessment process: elicitation, representation, evaluation

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The article distinguishes three consecutive steps to implement a structural approach to measure and interpret knowledge structures. Knowledge elicitation captures the underlying organization of knowledge through methods such as card sorting or rating relatedness between concept pairs. Knowledge representation transforms ratings into a graphical network. Knowledge evaluation compares the learner's structure with a referent knowledge structure using similarity or coherence measures.

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  • Three-step structural assessment process: elicitation, representation, evaluation: The article distinguishes three consecutive steps to implement a structural approach to measure and interpret knowledge structures. Knowledge elicitation captures the underlying organization of knowledge through methods such as card sorting or rating relatedness between concept pairs. Knowledge representation transforms ratings into a graphical network. Knowledge evaluation compares the learner's structure with a referent knowledge structure using similarity or coherence measures. (Wouters et al. (2011))

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  • Wouters, P., van der Spek, E. D., & van Oostendorp, H. (2011). Measuring learning in serious games: A case study with structural assessment. Educational Technology Research and Development, 59(6), 741–763. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-010-9183-0
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title Three-step structural assessment process: elicitation, representation, evaluation
description The article distinguishes three consecutive steps to implement a structural approach to measure and interpret knowledge structures.
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