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Direct linkNicholas Andrew Soltis; Karen S. McNeal – Journal for STEM Education Research, 2022
System thinking in an important area of study across STEM and non-STEM disciplines. The Earth system approach that drives the geosciences and is essential to issues of sustainability makes system thinking a critical skill in geoscience education. A key area in understanding the development of system thinking skills in the geosciences relies on the…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Science Tests, Scientific Concepts
Download full textUndersander, Molly A.; Kettler, Richard M.; Stains, Marilyne – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2017
Concept inventories have been determined to be useful assessment tools for evaluating students' knowledge, particularly in the sciences. However, these assessment tools must be validated to reflect as accurately as possible students' understanding of concepts. One possible threat to this validation is what previous literature calls the item order…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Test Items, Scientific Concepts, Science Tests
Anderson, Steven W.; Libarkin, Julie C. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2016
Nationwide pre- and posttesting of introductory courses with the Geoscience Concept Inventory (GCI) shows little gain for many of its questions. Analysis of more than 3,500 tests shows that 22 of the 73 GCI questions had gains of <0.03, and nearly half of these focused on basic physics and chemistry. We also discovered through an assessment of…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Concept Teaching, Scientific Concepts, Pretests Posttests
Kastens, Kim A.; Pistolesi, Linda; Passow, Michael J. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2014
Research has shown that spatial thinking is important in science in general, and in Earth Science in particular, and that performance on spatially demanding tasks can be fostered through instruction. Because spatial thinking is rarely taught explicitly in the U.S. education system, improving spatial thinking may be "low-hanging fruit" as…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Scientific Concepts, Skill Analysis, Science Tests
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. – 1988
These item specifications were developed as a part of the Arkansas "Minimum Performance Testing Program" (MPT). There is one item specification for each instructional objective included in the MPT. The purpose of an item specification is to provide an overview of the general content and format of test items used to measure an…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Earth Science, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Science
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. – 1988
These item specifications were developed as a part of the Arkansas "Minimum Performance Testing Program" (MPT). There is one item specification for each instructional objective included in the MPT. The purpose of an item specification is to provide an overview of the general content and format of test items used to measure an…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Earth Science, Educational Objectives, Energy Education
