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Concept Inventories

Concept Inventories. What is a concept inventory? How are concept inventories built? How many concept inventories are there in biology? Are concept inventories the “silver bullet”? How might you use a concept inventory in your SoTL project?. Jim Smith Michigan State University

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Concept Inventories

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  1. Concept Inventories • What is a concept inventory? • How are concept inventories built? • How many concept inventories are there in biology? • Are concept inventories the “silver bullet”? • How might you use a concept inventory in your SoTL project? Jim Smith Michigan State University Lyman Briggs College

  2. Learning Goals • By the end of this session, scholars will: • Know what a concept inventory is; • Explain how a concept inventory is built; • Describe some of the existing concept inventories in biology; and • Have thought about how a concept inventory might be of use in their own SoTL project.

  3. Klymkowski 2012

  4. Hake RR. 1998. Interactive-engagement versus traditional methods: A six thousand student survey of mechanics test data evaluation of active learning laboratory and lecture curricula for introductory physics courses. American Journal of Physics 66: 64–74.

  5. Concept Inventories Nice example of how to build and assess a concept inventory

  6. Concept Inventories Oneexample of a potentially useful concept inventory

  7. Concept Inventories Sample question from the GCA

  8. Concept Inventories The CINS: A (fairly) controversial concept inventory

  9. The CINS: A (fairly) controversial concept inventory

  10. Concept Inventories A compendium of concept inventories

  11. Concept Inventories A Good Review

  12. Concept Inventories Diagnostic Question Clusters (DQC)

  13. Learning Goals • By the end of this session, scholars will: • Know what a concept inventory is; • Explain how a concept inventory is built; • Describe some of the existing concept inventories in biology; and • Have thought about how a concept inventory might be of use in their own SoTL project.

  14. Concept InventoriesReferences • Klymkowski M. 2012. http://bioliteracy.colorado.edu/ConceptInventory.html, accessed 7/23/12. • Smith MK, Wood WB, Knight JK. 2008. The Genetics Concept Assessment: A New Concept Inventory for Gauging Student Understanding of Genetics. CBE—Life Sciences Education 7, 422 – 430. • D’Avanzo C. 2008. Biology Concept Inventories: Overview, Status, and Next Steps. BioScience 58, 1 – 7. • Anderson, D.L., Fisher, K.M., & Norman, G.J. (2002). Development and Evaluation of the Conceptual Inventory of Natural Selection. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 39, 952-978. • Fisher, K.M. and K.S. Williams. 2011. Concept Inventories and Conceptual Assessments in Biology (CABs): An annotated list. http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/CRMSE/files/Concept_Inventories_in_Biology_20110325.pdf • Patrick MJ. 2008. Thinking Like A Biologist Using Diagnostic Questions to Help Students Reason With Biological Principles. http://www.biodqc.org/overview, accessed 7/23/12.

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