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Engineers must have deep and accurate conceptual understanding of their field and Concept inventories (CIs) are one method of assessing conceptual understanding and providing formative feedback. Current CI tests use Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) to identify misconceptions and have undergone reliability and validity testing to assess conceptual understanding. However, they do not readily provide...
We want our students to understand and apply the concepts in each course. Therefore, we work hard to help our students master often-difficult concepts; however, our evaluation of their conceptual understanding often occurs simultaneously with evaluation of other learning goals through use of traditional problem-solving tests. Seldom do we measure pre-to-post learning gains. Often, instruments that...
This article describes an assessment activity that can show students how much they intuitively understand about statistics, but also alert them to common misunderstandings. How the activity can be used formatively to help improve students' conceptual understanding of analysis of variance is discussed.
The signals and systems concept inventory (SSCI) is a 25 question multiple choice exam designed to assess studentspsila conceptual understanding in signals and systems (S&S), a common core course in electrical and computer engineering curricula. The SSCI provides both formative assessment to instructors looking to improve studentspsila conceptual understanding in their courses, and summative assessment...
Abstact Studies of instructional technology at MIT can help us understand "how good students go wrong" and how "models of practice" can be used to inform our work on instructional technology.
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