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Deng, Jacky M.; Flynn, Alison B. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2021
In a world facing complex global challenges, citizens around the world need to be able to engage in scientific reasoning and argumentation supported by evidence. Chemistry educators can support students in developing these skills by providing opportunities to justify how and why phenomena occur, including on assessments. However, little is known…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Persuasive Discourse, Science Process Skills, Science Tests
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Deane, Thomas; Nomme, Kathy; Jeffery, Erica; Pollock, Carol; Birol, Gülnur – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
We followed established best practices in concept inventory design and developed a 12-item inventory to assess student ability in statistical reasoning in biology (Statistical Reasoning in Biology Concept Inventory [SRBCI]). It is important to assess student thinking in this conceptual area, because it is a fundamental requirement of being…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Measures (Individuals), Test Construction, Statistics
Bhatnagar, Sameer; Lasry, Nathaniel; Desmarais, Michel; Dugdale, Michael; Whittaker, Chris; Charles, Elizabeth S. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2015
This paper reports on an analyis of data from a novel "Peer Instruction" application, named DALITE. The Peer Instruction paradigm is well suited to take advantage of peer-input in web-based learning environments. DALITE implements an asynchronous instantiation of peer instruction: after submitting their answer to a multiple-choice…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Peer Evaluation, Web Based Instruction, Asynchronous Communication