Assessment and Theory in Complex Problem Solving - A Continuing Contradiction?

Assessment and Theory in Complex Problem Solving ---A Continuing Contradiction?

Complex Problem Solving (CPS) describes skills frequently needed in everyday life such as the use of new technological devices. Therefore, CPS skills constitute an increasingly important individual ability that needs theoretically embedded, reliable and validated measurement devices. The present article shows that current tests do not sufficiently address the requirement of a theory-based asses...

Social Problem Solving : Theory and Assessment

Discovering Students' Complex Problem Solving Strategies in Educational Assessment

A huge amount of log data accumulates automatically during computer-based educational assessments that can be analyzed for diagnostic or educational purposes using data mining techniques. In this paper, we describe our work of mining students’ complex problem solving interactions when tackling previously unknown and dynamically changing situations. Based on log data analyses, we discovered seve...

Complex Problem Solving: A Case for Complex Cognition 1 RUNNING HEAD: COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVING AS COMPLEX COGNITION Complex Problem Solving: A Case for Complex Cognition?

 Complex problem solving (CPS) emerged in the last 30 years in Europe as a new part of the  psychology of thinking and problem-solving. This paper introduces into the field and provides  a personal view. Also, related concepts like macrocognition or operative intelligence will be  explained in this context. Two examples for the assessment of CPS, Tailorshop and  MicroDYN, are presente...

Complex Problem Solving in Assessments of Collaborative Problem Solving

Collaborative problem solving (ColPS) proficiency was developed as a new assessment for the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in the 2015 international evaluation of student skills and knowledge. The assessment framework defined by the PISA ColPS 2015 expert group crossed three major collaboration processes with four problem solving processes that were adopted from the PISA ...