Mapping out the Hexagon Measurement Framework as a Blueprint Underlying Measurement in the Human Sciences
Saved in:
| Title: | Mapping out the Hexagon Measurement Framework as a Blueprint Underlying Measurement in the Human Sciences |
|---|---|
| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Mark Wilson, Luca Mari |
| Source: | Journal of Educational Measurement. 2026 63(1). |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 19 |
| Publication Date: | 2026 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Contract Number: | 2010322 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: | Measurement, Models, Physical Sciences, Climate, Measures (Individuals), Persuasive Discourse, Norm Referenced Tests |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jedm.70036 |
| ISSN: | 0022-0655 1745-3984 |
| Abstract: | Recently the "Hexagon Measurement Framework" has been proposed as a unifying interpretation of measurement across the physical and human sciences. While the steps for using this Framework to understand and to perform a measurement are extensively described and discussed in previous publications of ours, what is discussed only briefly there is how the Framework can also be exploited as a blueprint to help underpin the process of framing a concept of the property to be measured and then developing a measurement for it: this is the object of the present article. First, we outline how the Hexagon Framework allows us to interpret the development of physical measurement, taking Chang's account of the historical advancements of temperature measurement as an illustration. Second, we show how the Framework is mirrored in a contemporary measurement development approach used in the human sciences: the BEAR Assessment System (BAS). We describe how the BAS is overlaid on the Hexagon Framework as the measurement development proceeds and may well iterate several times in that process. Third, we use this underlay of the Framework to illustrate and exemplify how the BAS has been used to design and develop a measuring instrument in the human sciences, specifically to measure an educational achievement construct intended for use in schools: Scientific Argumentation. Finally, we make comparisons of the above account with the so-called "norm-referenced" approach to measurement and also discuss some caveats and limitations of the account here. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1501510 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Recently the "Hexagon Measurement Framework" has been proposed as a unifying interpretation of measurement across the physical and human sciences. While the steps for using this Framework to understand and to perform a measurement are extensively described and discussed in previous publications of ours, what is discussed only briefly there is how the Framework can also be exploited as a blueprint to help underpin the process of framing a concept of the property to be measured and then developing a measurement for it: this is the object of the present article. First, we outline how the Hexagon Framework allows us to interpret the development of physical measurement, taking Chang's account of the historical advancements of temperature measurement as an illustration. Second, we show how the Framework is mirrored in a contemporary measurement development approach used in the human sciences: the BEAR Assessment System (BAS). We describe how the BAS is overlaid on the Hexagon Framework as the measurement development proceeds and may well iterate several times in that process. Third, we use this underlay of the Framework to illustrate and exemplify how the BAS has been used to design and develop a measuring instrument in the human sciences, specifically to measure an educational achievement construct intended for use in schools: Scientific Argumentation. Finally, we make comparisons of the above account with the so-called "norm-referenced" approach to measurement and also discuss some caveats and limitations of the account here. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 0022-0655 1745-3984 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jedm.70036 |
