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| Abstract Title: | Expanding access to assessing conceptual understanding: ciHUB.org, a virtual community supporting conceptual learning |
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| Abstract: | Transforming learning environments for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students requires merging of theories of learning and state-of-the-art assessment tools that allow faculty to identify patterns of conceptual understanding and misconceptions. Conventional measurement/evaluation approaches typically do not help faculty discover the extent to which students have actually acquired conceptual fluency within a particular subject. To this end, STEM disciplines are increasingly using Concept Inventory (CI) assessment to measure the value-added to student learning through new methods of teaching important material. The paper describes the creation of a virtual community referred to as ciHUB.org, which is a cohesive, borderless community of CI developers, researchers, faculty and students. This national/international collaborative effort was created to support both: a) continued development, refinement, analysis, and application of multiple CI instruments; and b) engagement of the engineering STEM education community in productive conversations about assessing and improving conceptual understanding. |
| Abstract Type: | Symposium Poster |
| Targeted Session: | Innovations and Issues with Conceptual Assessments |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
P.K. Imbrie School of Engineering Education, College of Engineering, Purdue University |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Teri Reed-Rhoads, School of Engineering Education, College of Engineering, Purdue University |
