BackHome
Refresh: OffView Personal Schedule
Session Submission Summary

Evaluating and Improving Concept Inventories as Assessment Resources in STEM Teaching and Learning

Sat, April 5, 10:35am to 12:05pm, Convention Center, Floor: 100 Level, 115B

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium investigates concept inventory (CI) validity for formative uses in STEM classrooms. We focus on two CIs with significant research and development -- the Concept Assessment Tool for Statics (CATS) and the Thermal and Transport Concept Inventory (TTCI). Each has been used for evaluating teaching and student learning. The symposium objectives are to: (1) illustrate forms of statistical evidence for validating various interpretive uses of CI student responses; (2) demonstrate an approach to item/task design that can expand an existing inventory’s diagnostic capacity; and (3) illustrate how qualitative and quantitative analyses can be combined to further validate critical assumptions about student reasoning and provide formatively useful information to improve teaching and learning.

Sub Unit

Chair

Papers

Discussant