A Cross-Disciplinary Look at Non-cognitive Assessments

Vanessa R. Simmreing*, Lu Ou, Maria Bolsinova

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Abstract

The past two decades have seen an increasing interest in studying non-cognitive skills across disciplines. Despite the shared popularity, non-cognitive skills have been assessed variously across disciplines with different assumptions and target populations. Synthesizing across the commonalities, differences, and limitations in these various approaches will have important implications for the development and interpretation of non-cognitive assessments. In this project, we review the ways in which non-cognitive skills have been conceptualized and measured across psychology and education, and use self-control as an example to address the challenges to various types of assessments that are commonly seen in these disciplines. We will draw implications from a cross-disciplinary perspective on the validity and reliability of the non-cognitive assessments.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationQuantitative Psychology - 83rd Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society, 2018
EditorsJorge González, Dylan Molenaar, Steven Culpepper, Rianne Janssen, Marie Wiberg
PublisherSpringer New York LLC
Pages157-167
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783030013097
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event83rd Annual meeting of the Psychometric Society, 2018 - New York, United States
Duration: 9 Jul 201813 Jul 2018

Publication series

NameSpringer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics
Volume265
ISSN (Print)2194-1009
ISSN (Electronic)2194-1017

Conference

Conference83rd Annual meeting of the Psychometric Society, 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew York
Period9/07/1813/07/18

Keywords

  • Assessment
  • Non-cognitive
  • Reliability
  • Validity

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