Comparing Student Learning with Multiple Research-Based Conceptual Surveys: CSEM and BEMA
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Steven J. Pollock
We present results demonstrating similar distributions of student scores, and statistically indistinguishable gains on two popular research-based assessment tools: the Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment (BEMA) and the Conceptual Survey of Electricity and Magnetism(CSEM). To deepen our understanding of student learning in our course environment and of these assessment tools as measures of student learning, we identify systematic trends and differences in results from these two instruments. We investigate correlations of both pre- and post- conceptual scores with other measures including traditional exam scores and course grades, student background (earlier grades), gender, a pretest of scientific reasoning, and tests of attitudes and beliefs about science and learning science. Overall, for practical purposes, we find the BEMA and CSEM are roughly equivalently useful instruments for measuring student learning in our course.
Physics Education Research Conference 2008
Part of the PER Conference series
Edmonton, Canada: July 23-24, 2008
Volume 1064, Pages 171-174
BEMA, CSEM, PERC 2008, course assessment, course transformation, educational aids, educational computing, educational courses, engineering education, learning (artificial intelligence), problem solving, research and development management, scientific information systems
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<a href="https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=8109">Pollock, Steven. "Comparing Student Learning with Multiple Research-Based Conceptual Surveys: CSEM and BEMA." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2008, Edmonton, Canada, July 23-24, 2008.</a>
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Pollock, S. (2008, July 23-24). Comparing Student Learning with Multiple Research-Based Conceptual Surveys: CSEM and BEMA. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2008, Edmonton, Canada. Retrieved April 29, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8109&DocID=742
Pollock, Steven. "Comparing Student Learning with Multiple Research-Based Conceptual Surveys: CSEM and BEMA." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2008, Edmonton, Canada, July 23-24, 2008. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8109&DocID=742 (accessed 29 April 2025).
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