Assessing Students’ Mathematical Knowledge with Fuzzy Logic
Assessing student mathematical knowledge is an important factor in the mathematics learning process because students obtain important feedback to improve their knowledge and learning. Despite the importance of student assessment, several researchers have shown that student grades comprise noncogniti...
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| description | Assessing student mathematical knowledge is an important factor in the mathematics learning process because students obtain important feedback to improve their knowledge and learning. Despite the importance of student assessment, several researchers have shown that student grades comprise noncognitive and metacognitive factors and teachers’ prejudices and beliefs. One method to obtain a more objective view of student mathematical knowledge is through standardized assessments. In this paper, we analyze two methods of assessing student mathematical knowledge by considering their written and oral grades and achievements on the Italian National Assessment of Knowledge (INVALSI). The final grade was produced using the fuzzy logic inference system. It was tested on a sample of 2279 Grade 13 Italian high school students, who had both an oral and written grade in mathematics and who took the INVALSI assessment in the school year 2020–2021. Both tested fuzzy-logic-based assessment methods lowered the mean grades. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-992e3bc26b1040a68d36faa0e34300352023-12-01T01:40:42ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022022-04-0112426610.3390/educsci12040266Assessing Students’ Mathematical Knowledge with Fuzzy LogicDaniel Doz0Darjo Felda1Mara Cotič2Faculty of Education, University of Primorska, 6000 Koper, SloveniaFaculty of Education, University of Primorska, 6000 Koper, SloveniaFaculty of Education, University of Primorska, 6000 Koper, SloveniaAssessing student mathematical knowledge is an important factor in the mathematics learning process because students obtain important feedback to improve their knowledge and learning. Despite the importance of student assessment, several researchers have shown that student grades comprise noncognitive and metacognitive factors and teachers’ prejudices and beliefs. One method to obtain a more objective view of student mathematical knowledge is through standardized assessments. In this paper, we analyze two methods of assessing student mathematical knowledge by considering their written and oral grades and achievements on the Italian National Assessment of Knowledge (INVALSI). The final grade was produced using the fuzzy logic inference system. It was tested on a sample of 2279 Grade 13 Italian high school students, who had both an oral and written grade in mathematics and who took the INVALSI assessment in the school year 2020–2021. Both tested fuzzy-logic-based assessment methods lowered the mean grades.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/12/4/266mathematicsfuzzy logicassessmentINVALSIgrades |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Doz Darjo Felda Mara Cotič Assessing Students’ Mathematical Knowledge with Fuzzy Logic Education Sciences mathematics fuzzy logic assessment INVALSI grades |
| title | Assessing Students’ Mathematical Knowledge with Fuzzy Logic |
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| title_short | Assessing Students’ Mathematical Knowledge with Fuzzy Logic |
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