Title: Application of fuzzy AHP in the evaluation of students' cognitive ability

Authors: Zhaohui Wei; Ziyan Luo; Peng Sang; Juan Du

Addresses: School of Energy and Architecture, Xi'an Aeronautical University, Xi'an 710077, China ' School of Foreign Languages, Xi'an Aeronautical University, Xi'an 710077, China ' School of Foreign Languages, Xi'an Aeronautical University, Xi'an 710077, China ' School of Energy and Architecture, Xi'an Aeronautical University, Xi'an 710077, China

Abstract: Cognitive theory holds that each individual's cognitive ability is different. If teachers can adopt an appropriate evaluation method, they will be able to accurately know each student's cognitive ability and characteristics, which is conducive to personalised teaching implementation. Therefore, based on the revised Bloom cognitive theory, this paper establishes the evaluation index system of students' cognitive ability by adopting the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method, carries out fuzzy evaluation of students' test scores with the fuzzy theory, works out the weight of each indicator of cognitive ability by expert scoring method, and finally obtains the comprehensive evaluation of students' cognitive ability. It is proved that this method can be more objective and comprehensive in evaluation of the students' cognitive ability, and it can reflect their achievement degree of each goal, show their strengths and weaknesses, offering some valuable information for students' later study.

Keywords: Bloom's cognitive theory; fuzzy logic; analytic hierarchy process; AHP.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.2022.126847

International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning, 2022 Vol.32 No.6, pp.730 - 747

Received: 01 Jul 2020
Accepted: 04 Nov 2020
Published online: 09 Nov 2022 *

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