New Directions in Assessing Historical Thinking

Kadriye Ercikan is Professor of Measurement, Evaluation, and Research Methodology, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, Canada. Peter Seixas is Professor of History Education, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, Canada.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsContributor BiographiesIntroductionPart I: Goals of History Education: Models of Historical Cognition and Learning1 Historical Consciousness in Germany: Concept, Implementation, AssessmentCarlos Kölbl & Lisa Konrad2 The Difficulty of Assessing Disciplinary Historical ReadingAbby Reisman3 Heritage as a Resource for Enhancing and Assessing Historical Thinking: Reflections from the NetherlandsCarla van Boxtel, Maria Grever & Stephan Klein4 Relating Historical Consciousness to Historical Thinking through AssessmentCatherine DuquetteCommentary 1 Into the Swampy Lowlands of Important ProblemsRobert B. BainPart 2: Issues in Designing Assessments of Historical Thinking5 Assessing for Learning in the History Classroom Bruce VanSledright6 Historical Thinking, Competencies and their Measurement: Challenges and ApproachesAndreas Körber & Johannes Meyer-Hamme7 A Design Process for Assessing Historical Thinking: The Case of a One-Hour TestPeter Seixas, Lindsay Gibson & Kadriye Ercikan8 Material-based and Open-ended Writing Tasks for Assessing Narrative Competence among StudentsMonika Waldis, Jan Hodel, Holger Thünemann, Meik Zülsdorf-Kersting, & Beatrice ZieglerCommentary 2 Historical Thinking: In Search of Conceptual and Practical Guidance for the Design and Use of Assessments of Student CompetenceJosh Radinsky, Susan R. Goldman, James W. Pellegrino Part 3: Large-scale Assessment of Historical Thinking 9 A Large-Scale Assessment of Historical Knowledge and Reasoning: NAEP U.S. HistoryStephen Lazer10 Assessing Historical Thinking in the Redesigned Advanced Placement United States History Course and ExamLawrence G. Charap11 Historical Consciousness and Historical Thinking Reflected in Large-scale Assessment in SwedenPer Eliasson, Fredrik Alvén, Cecilia Axelsson Yngvéus, & David RosenlundCommentary 3 Assessment of Historical Thinking in PracticeSusan M. BrookhartPart 4: Validity of Score Interpretations12 The Importance of Construct Validity Evidence in History Assessment: What is Often Overlooked or Misunderstood?Pamela Kaliski, Kara Smith, & Kristen Huff13 Cognitive Validity Evidence for Validating Assessments of Historical ThinkingKadriye Ercikan, Peter Seixas, Juliette Lyons-Thomas, & Lindsay Gibson14 Measuring Up?: Multiple-Choice QuestionsGabriel A. Reich15 History Assessments of Thinking: An Investigation of Cognitive ValidityMark Smith & Joel BreakstoneCommentary 4 The Validity of Historical Thinking Assessments: A Commentary Denis Shemilt