Conceptual assessment tool for advanced undergraduate electrodynamics
As part of ongoing investigations into student learning in advanced undergraduate courses, we have developed a conceptual assessment tool for upper-division electrodynamics (E&M II): the Colorado UppeR-division ElectrodyNamics Test (CURrENT). This is a free response, postinstruction diagnostic w...
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2017-09-01
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| author | Charles Baily Qing X. Ryan Cecilia Astolfi Steven J. Pollock |
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| description | As part of ongoing investigations into student learning in advanced undergraduate courses, we have developed a conceptual assessment tool for upper-division electrodynamics (E&M II): the Colorado UppeR-division ElectrodyNamics Test (CURrENT). This is a free response, postinstruction diagnostic with 6 multipart questions, an optional 3-question preinstruction test, and accompanying grading rubrics. The instrument’s development was guided by faculty-consensus learning goals and research into common student difficulties. It can be used to gauge the effectiveness of transformed pedagogy, and to gain insights into student thinking in the covered topic areas. We present baseline data representing 500 students across 9 institutions, along with validity, reliability, and discrimination measures of the instrument and scoring rubric. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-00180da2ad8c4e50892b27c6dc44cacf2022-12-21T19:56:05ZengAmerican Physical SocietyPhysical Review Physics Education Research2469-98962017-09-0113202011310.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.13.020113Conceptual assessment tool for advanced undergraduate electrodynamicsCharles BailyQing X. RyanCecilia AstolfiSteven J. PollockAs part of ongoing investigations into student learning in advanced undergraduate courses, we have developed a conceptual assessment tool for upper-division electrodynamics (E&M II): the Colorado UppeR-division ElectrodyNamics Test (CURrENT). This is a free response, postinstruction diagnostic with 6 multipart questions, an optional 3-question preinstruction test, and accompanying grading rubrics. The instrument’s development was guided by faculty-consensus learning goals and research into common student difficulties. It can be used to gauge the effectiveness of transformed pedagogy, and to gain insights into student thinking in the covered topic areas. We present baseline data representing 500 students across 9 institutions, along with validity, reliability, and discrimination measures of the instrument and scoring rubric.http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.13.020113 |
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