Characteristics of test items focusing on meaningful learning: a case study in pre-vocational geography education in the Netherlands

Summative assessments tend to encourage students’ rote learning rather than meaningful learning. Yet, summative assessments might contribute to meaningful learning when they meet certain criteria, such as the use of test items and corresponding scoring rubrics that appeal to higher cognitive proces...

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Published in:	European Journal of Geography
Main Authors:	Erik BIJSTERBOSCH, Tine BÉNEKER, Joop van der SCHEE, Wilmad KUIPER
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	European Association of Geographers 2018-01-01
Subjects:	Geography education, meaningful learning, summative assessment, test items, scoring rubrics
Online Access:	https://www.eurogeojournal.eu/index.php/egj/article/view/96