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Overview
Tech Tally: Approaches to Assessing Technological Literacy determines the most viable approaches to assessing technological literacy for students, teachers, and out-of-school adults. The book examines opportunities and obstacles to developing scientifically valid and broadly applicable assessment instruments for technological literacy in the three target populations. The book offers findings and 12 related recommendations that address five critical areas: instrument development; research on learning; computer-based assessment methods, framework development, and public perceptions of technology.
This book will be of special interest to individuals and groups promoting technological literacy in the United States, education and government policy makers in federal and state agencies, as well as the education research community.
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary 1
Introduction 19
How Technologically Literate Are We? 20
Benefits of Assessing Technological Literacy 22
Obstacles to Assessing Technological Literacy 24
Charge to the Committee 25
References 27
Defining Technological Literacy 29
The Designed World 30
Technological Literacy 32
Attitudes Toward Technology 36
Visualizing Technological Literacy 37
Assessing Technological Literacy 38
References 39
Assessment as a Design Challenge 41
The Design Process 41
Imperfect Design 59
Inherent Uncertainties 60
References 60
An Assessment Primer 63
Testing and Measurement 64
Cognition 72
Research on Technological Learning 80
References 86
Review of Instruments 93
Mapping Existing Instruments to the Dimensions of Technological Literacy 98
Attitudes Toward Technology 113
Filling the Assessment Matrix 115
References 124
From Theory to Practice: Five Sample Cases 127
Statewide Grade-Level Assessment 129
Matrix-Sample Assessment of 7th Graders 136
National-Sample Assessment of Teachers 140
Assessments for Broad Populations 146
Assessments for Visitors to Museums and Other Informal-Learning Institutions 153
References 158
Computer-Based Assessment Methods 161
Computer-Based Adaptive Assessments 162
Simulations 164
Computer-Based and Web-Based Games 168
Electronic Portfolios 170
Electronic Questionnaires 171
References 172
Findings and Recommendations 175
Opportunities for Assessment 176
Research on Learning 186
Innovative Measurement Techniques 188
Framework Development 190
Definition of Technology 192
Conclusion 193
References 195
Appendixes
Committee Biographies 197
Technology-Related Standards and Benchmarks in the National Science Education Standards, Benchmarks for Science Literacy, and Standards for Technological Literacy 207
Challenges and Opportunities for Assessing Technological Literacy in the United States (Workshop Agenda) 251
Research on Learning in Technology and Engineering: A Selected Bibliography 255
Instrument Summaries 265