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Do interviews really assess students' knowledge?
Welzel, M. & Roth, W.-M. (1998). Do interviews really assess students' knowledge? International Journal of Science Education, 20(1), 25-44.
Abstract
Interviews are important assessment means. Most studies assume that interviews can be used to assess a conceptual framework that remains relatively stable in the interview situation. We provide evidence here that questions this assumption. Using a situated cognition framework, we reanalysed preâ€test and postâ€test interviews from a large classroom study. Our analyses show that cognition, rather than being a stable property of individuals, is a dynamic process which changes in different ways o
