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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