Assessment: Application of Bloom's taxonomy debunks the "MCAT myth"

Science

Volumn 319, Issue 5862, 2008, Pages 414-415

  Zheng, Alex Y ^a   Lawhorn, Janessa K ^a   Lumley, Thomas ^a   Freeman, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; STUDENT;

BIOLOGY; CRITICAL THINKING; CURRICULUM; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; SHORT SURVEY; SKILL; TAXONOMY;

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; TEACHING; THINKING;

EID: 38549168895     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1147852     Document Type: Short Survey

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21. We thank A. Crowe, C. Dirks, and M. P. Wenderoth for providing the exam question ratings; J. Nelson and C. Marzban for help with calculating measures of interrater reliability; S. P. Millard for assistance with statistical analyses; an anonymous reviewer for insight into the implications of this study for how AP exams are validated; and an anonymous reviewer for advice on statistical analyses. We are grateful to the College Board; the AAMC; the Educational Testing Service; and instructors at Brigham Young University, Montana State University, and the University of Washington for permission to use exam questions.