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| Abstract Title: | Assessing Computational Knowledge and Skills: The Role of the Community |
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| Abstract: | Computation is increasingly becoming a major part of the undergraduate physics experience with developing students' computational capabilities now a central goal of many physics programs. But how do we gain confidence that students have developed the knowledge and skills we intend? How can we scaffold that development process? I will highlight the role that assessment plays in helping students develop computational knowledge and skills. I will present the need for theoretically-grounded and community-developed assessments that can be used widely to evaluate learning outcomes, pedagogical approaches, and course designs. Finally, I will discuss the approaches that the PICUP community can take to start developing these new assessments. |
| Abstract Type: | Invited Talk |
| Submission Category: | Pedagogical strategies |
| Session: | Wednesday Invited Session: Assessment |
| Acknowledgement of funding: | This work is supported by NSF DUE-1524128 and DRL-1741575 as well as the Olav Thon Foundation, and the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT), which supports the Center for Computing in Science Education. |
| Presentation: | Download the Presentation |
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| Abstract DOI: | 10.1119/PICUP.Abstract.2021Capstone.8371 |
Primary Author Information | |
| First name: | Danny |
| Last name: | Caballero |
| Institution: | Michigan State University and the University of Oslo |
| Zip Code: | 48824 |
