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On Mar 22, 2010, at 10:40 AM, Dave Zur wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrea R Bair [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 10:12 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > 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 >> >> Assistant Professor, Physical Sciences >> Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning >> College of Education and Human Development >> Burton Hall Room 323 >> 178 Pillsbury Dr SE >> Minneapolis, MN 55455 >> >> CEHD Office phone: (612) 624-2484 >> Geology and Geophysics Fission Track Lab phone: (612) 626-0212 >> email: [log in to unmask] > > -- > Andrea Bair, PhD > Research Associate, Science Teaching Fellow > Department of Geological Sciences, Science Education Initiative > University of Colorado at Boulder > Email: [log in to unmask] > > ***NEW OFFICE Jan 1, 2010*** > Tel: 303.492.2609 > Office: 435 Benson