Assessment of critical thinking in physics labs: concurrent validity

Walsh, Cole; Quinn, Katherine N.; Holmes, N. G.

home » Conference Proceedings Detail Page

Detail Page

Assessment of critical thinking in physics labs: concurrent validity

written by Cole Walsh, Katherine N. Quinn, and N. G. Holmes

Despite the significant amount of time undergraduate students spend in introductory physics labs, there is little consensus on instructional goals and accepted diagnostic assessments for these labs. In response to these issues, we have developed the Physics Lab Inventory of Critical thinking (PLIC) to assess students' proficiency with critical thinking in a physics lab context. Specifically, the PLIC aims to evaluate students' skills in making sense of data, variability, models, and experimental methods and to assess the effectiveness of lab courses at developing these skills. Here, we discuss two parts of the validation process using 3374 student responses collected from 12 institutions during the 2017-2018 academic year. As a part of our validation process, we evaluate the concurrent validity of the instrument, namely, the impact of physics maturity and lab design on student performance.

Physics Education Research Conference 2018
Part of the PER Conference series
Washington, DC: August 1-2, 2018

download 187kb .pdf
Last Modified: December 31, 2018

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education Foundations - Assessment = Instruments - Research Design & Methodology = Data = Evaluation = Validity Education Practices - Curriculum Development = Laboratory	- Lower Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Research study

Intended Users	Formats	Ratings
- Researchers	- application/pdf	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

Mirror:: https://doi.org/10.1119/perc.2018…
Access Rights:: Free access
License:: This material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the published article's author(s), title, proceedings citation, and DOI.
Rights Holder:: American Association of Physics Teachers
DOI:: 10.1119/perc.2018.pr.Walsh
NSF Number:: 1611482
Keyword:: PERC 2018
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created December 31, 2018 by Lyle Barbato
Record Updated:: January 1, 2019 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: December 31, 2018
Other Collections:: The PER-Central

Post a new comment on this item

ComPADRE is beta testing Citation Styles!

Record Link

<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=14862">Walsh, C, K. Quinn, and N. Holmes. "Assessment of critical thinking in physics labs: concurrent validity." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2018, Washington, DC, August 1-2, 2018.</a>

AIP Format

C. Walsh, K. Quinn, and N. Holmes, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2018, Washington, DC, 2018, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14862&DocID=5009).

AJP/PRST-PER

C. Walsh, K. Quinn, and N. Holmes, Assessment of critical thinking in physics labs: concurrent validity, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2018, Washington, DC, 2018, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14862&DocID=5009>.

APA Format

Walsh, C., Quinn, K., & Holmes, N. (2018, August 1-2). Assessment of critical thinking in physics labs: concurrent validity. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2018, Washington, DC. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14862&DocID=5009

Chicago Format

Walsh, C, K. Quinn, and N. Holmes. "Assessment of critical thinking in physics labs: concurrent validity." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2018, Washington, DC, August 1-2, 2018. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14862&DocID=5009 (accessed 19 April 2024).

MLA Format

Walsh, Cole, Katherine N. Quinn, and Natasha G. Holmes. "Assessment of critical thinking in physics labs: concurrent validity." Physics Education Research Conference 2018. Washington, DC: 2018. of PER Conference. 19 Apr. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14862&DocID=5009>.

BibTeX Export Format

@inproceedings{ Author = "Cole Walsh and Katherine N. Quinn and Natasha G. Holmes", Title = {Assessment of critical thinking in physics labs: concurrent validity}, BookTitle = {Physics Education Research Conference 2018}, Address = {Washington, DC}, Series = {PER Conference}, Month = {August 1-2}, Year = {2018} }

Refer Export Format

%A Cole Walsh %A Katherine N. Quinn %A Natasha G. Holmes %T Assessment of critical thinking in physics labs: concurrent validity %S PER Conference %D August 1-2 2018 %C Washington, DC %U https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14862&DocID=5009 %O Physics Education Research Conference 2018 %O August 1-2 %O application/pdf

EndNote Export Format

%0 Conference Proceedings %A Walsh, Cole %A Quinn, Katherine N. %A Holmes, Natasha G. %D August 1-2 2018 %T Assessment of critical thinking in physics labs: concurrent validity %B Physics Education Research Conference 2018 %C Washington, DC %S PER Conference %8 August 1-2 %U https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14862&DocID=5009

Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.

Citation Source Information

The AIP Style presented is based on information from the AIP Style Manual.

The APA Style presented is based on information from APA Style.org: Electronic References.

The Chicago Style presented is based on information from Examples of Chicago-Style Documentation.

The MLA Style presented is based on information from the MLA FAQ.