Development and validation of the photoelectric effect concept inventory

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 055709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatih Önder
Author(s):  
Heather M. Seitz ◽  
Rachel E. A. Horak ◽  
Megan W. Howard ◽  
Lucy W. Kluckhohn Jones ◽  
Theodore Muth ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. ar64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven T. Kalinowski ◽  
Mary J. Leonard ◽  
Mark L. Taper

We developed and validated the Conceptual Assessment of Natural Selection (CANS), a multiple-choice test designed to assess how well college students understand the central principles of natural selection. The expert panel that reviewed the CANS concluded its questions were relevant to natural selection and generally did a good job sampling the specific concepts they were intended to assess. Student interviews confirmed questions on the CANS provided accurate reflections of how students think about natural selection. And, finally, statistical analysis of student responses using item response theory showed that the CANS did a very good job of estimating how well students understood natural selection. The empirical reliability of the CANS was substantially higher than the Force Concept Inventory, a highly regarded test in physics that has a similar purpose.


2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin M. Bardar ◽  
Edward E. Prather ◽  
Kenneth Brecher ◽  
Timothy F. Slater

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (17) ◽  
pp. 2448-2464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Molly N. Simon ◽  
Edward E. Prather ◽  
Sanlyn R. Buxner ◽  
Chris D. Impey

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny McFarland ◽  
Mary Pat Wenderoth ◽  
Joel Michael ◽  
William Cliff ◽  
Ann Wright ◽  
...  

We have developed and validated a conceptual framework for understanding and teaching organismal homeostasis at the undergraduate level. The resulting homeostasis conceptual framework details critical components and constituent ideas underlying the concept of homeostasis. It has been validated by a broad range of physiology faculty members from community colleges, primarily undergraduate institutions, research universities, and medical schools. In online surveys, faculty members confirmed the relevance of each item in the framework for undergraduate physiology and rated the importance and difficulty of each. The homeostasis conceptual framework was constructed as a guide for teaching and learning of this critical core concept in physiology, and it also paves the way for the development of a concept inventory for homeostasis.


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