Dynamic Testing In Education

In Teo and Roodenburg’s study, Extensions of Cognitive Ability Assessment With Dynamic Testing Using Self-Regulated Learning, the Cattell-Horn-Carroll based cognitive assessment was used with testing and self-regulated learning in order to assess children with learning disabilities. The researchers hypothesized that children who receive dynamic testing using self-regulated learning would achieve enhanced cognitive performance in fluid reasoning, memory, and writing tasks at post-test compared to children with static testing only. In addition, they hypothesized that children who receive dynamic testing would achieve higher self-regulated problem-solving behavioral ratings from pre-test to post-test phase compared to children given static testing only.
In this study, participants were 35 males and 15 females between the ages of 8 and 12 years old. This variance in gender is most likely due to the fact that boys are more likely to be identified as having learning disabilities than girls are. The children were randomly selected from city and rural regions of Victoria, …show more content…
It typically encompasses the child’s perception, learning, thinking, and problem solving abilities and is aimed at altering a child’s mental functioning and observing changes in cognitive patterns. On the other hand, static testing is more focused on the standardized test approach in which there is no intervention, but simply an examination. The future of education cannot continue down a path of standardized testing because it is not doing any service to our children and their developing minds. With this research in place, educators will be able to implement teaching styles that enable more open thought and conversation. In addition, textbooks may eventually be replaced by hands on stations and more visual equipment that supplies children with the ability to learn in a setting that fosters thought, problem solving, and