Abstract
The efficiency of school to efficiently train in higher order cognitive skills is sometimes questioned. Principles and techniques (such as open books exams, implicit questioning, self assessment) have been developed to enhance cognitive vigilance, data processing skills and metacognition. The details of those techniques are provided as well as some results about question characteristics and Student opinions. Further developments are considered and perspectivized with ambitious training and assessment goals.
TASTE is an anonym that means “Towards an Adult System of Training and Evaluation”. Its rationale and components will be described hereafter.
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Leclercq, D., Boxus, E., de Brogniez, P., Wuidar, H., Lambert, F. (1993). The TASTE Approach: General Implicit Solutions in Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), Open Books Exams and Interactive Testing. In: Leclercq, D.A., Bruno, J.E. (eds) Item Banking: Interactive Testing and Self-Assessment. NATO ASI Series, vol 112. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58033-8_17
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