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From: Andrea R Bair [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 10:12 AM
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Subject: Re: learning assessment
Annia -
If you are looking for guidance on designing conceptual assessment
tools, my colleague Michelle Smith at the University of Colorado has a
good description of how she and others went about designing, testing,
and validating a genetics concept assessment - it seems to me a great
general guide.
http://www.lifescied.org/cgi/content/abstract/7/4/422
Andrea
Annia Fayon wrote:
> Colleagues -
>
> Does anyone know of a couple of key resources (textbooks, journal
> articles) on how to assess student learning and student development in
> Earth sciences or the sciences in general at the postsecondary level?
> I am aware of the serc website and the geoscience concepts inventory
> to assess content knowledge in general geology courses. I am looking
> more for key references on how to design assessment tools.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Annia
>
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Andrea Bair, PhD
Research Associate, Science Teaching Fellow
Department of Geological Sciences, Science Education Initiative
University of Colorado at Boulder
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