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Oliver-Hoyo, Maria; Sloan, Caroline – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2014
The development of the Visual-Perceptual Chemistry Specific (VPCS) assessment tool is based on items that align to eight visual-perceptual skills considered as needed by chemistry students. This tool includes a comprehensive range of visual operations and presents items within a chemistry context without requiring content knowledge to solve…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Visual Perception, Perceptual Development, Chemistry
Christian, Caroline – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The Visual-Spatial Chemistry Specific (VSCS) assessment tool was developed to test students' visual-perceptual skills, which are required to form a mental image of an object. The VSCS was designed around the theoretical framework of Rochford and Archer that provides eight distinct and well-defined visual-perceptual skills with identified problems…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Factor Analysis, Chemistry, Science Instruction