1.
Mental Focus / Self-Regulation
The person scoring high in mental focus
is diligent, focused, systematic, task-oriented, organized and clear-headed.
When engaged in a mental activity they tend to be focused in their
attention and persistent. Those persons scoring low on this
scale show a compromised ability to regulate their attention and
a tendency toward disorganization and procrastination.
2.
Learning Orientation
A person scoring high in learning orientation
strives to learn for learning's sake; they value the learning process
as a means to accomplish mastery over a task. These individuals
are eager to engage in learning, they value information and evidence
gathering, they recognize the importance of giving reasons to support
a position, and they take an active interest and are engaged in
school. A general inquisitiveness guides their interests and activities.
Those individuals scoring low on learning orientation tend
to have a narrow set of interests they are willing to explore. They
may even avoid opportunities to learn and understand. These individuals
will attempt to answer questions with the information they have
at hand rather than seeking out new information.
3.
Creative Problem Solving
The person scoring high in creative
problem solving is intellectually curious, creative, has a preference
for challenging, complicated, and novel activities, is imaginative,
ingenious, and artistic. Those individuals scoring low on
creative problem solving tend to be less curious. They will choose
easier activities over challenging ones.
4.
Cognitive Integrity
Individuals scoring high in cognitive
integrity are motivated to use their thinking skills. They are
positively disposed toward truthseeking and open-mindedness. These
individuals are comfortable with challenge and complexity, they
enjoy thinking about and interacting with others with potentially
varying viewpoints in the search for truth or the best decision.
Those individuals scoring low on this scale express a viewpoint
that is best characterized as cognitive resistance. They are hasty,
indecisive, uncomfortable with challenge and change, and are likely
to be anxious and close-minded.
5.
Scholarly Rigor (This scale is on the LSRP and was added to Level
II Plus of the CM3 in October 2006).
Scholarly Rigor is the disposition
to work hard to interpret and achieve an deeper understanding
of complex or abstract material. A person with a high score
on this scale exhibits a strong positive disposition toward scholarly
rigor and detailed learning. This person would tend not to be
deterred by the read a difficult text or to analyze complicated
situations or problems. By contrast low scores on this
scale point toward a significant failure to express the disposition
to comprehensively seek new knowledge and examine new content
in depth. These persons would be disposed to try to avoid or procrastinate
when faced with difficult, complicated, or detailed scholarly
work.
Different
levels of the CM3 include different numbers of questions, with both
LEVEL III and LEVEL II having 72 agree-disagree style questions
and taking about 20 minutes to administer. Level I has 25 items
and takes about the same amount of time for children to complete.
The CM3 is available on our safe, secure E-testing
System. And
it is supported in paper-and-pencil form by
CapScore.
