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* domain-independent knowledge model | * domain-independent knowledge model | ||
* originally a binary matrix showing the relationship between test items and latent or underlying attributes, or concepts | * originally a binary matrix showing the relationship between test items and latent or underlying attributes, or concepts | ||
+ | * To build the q-matrix, experts constructed a relationship between test questions and concepts (referred to as attributes) and students taking the test were assigned knowledge states based on their test answers and the constructed q-matrix ((see Ham85 for a discussion of item-response theory)) | ||
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+ | Approaches: | ||
+ | * Hand construction of the q-matrix by experts' assigning concepts to questions and then comparing student answers to closest matrix responses. Problems: a q-matrix is a much more abstract measure of the relationships of questions to concepts. We might assume that the | ||
+ | questions designed to test students are a more accurate reflection of the teaching objectives than an abstract construct which relates questions to underlying concepts. | ||
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