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| Abstract Title: | Tapping into Juniors’ Understanding of E&M: The CO Upper-Division Electrostatics (CUE) Diagnostic |
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| Abstract: | As part of an effort to systematically improve our junior-level E&M I course, we are developing a tool to assess the effectiveness of the course transformations. With a group of PER and non-PER faculty, we began by explicitly defining what students should be able to do at the end of the course (the learning goals). We established a list of 11 such goals, such as "choose and apply the appropriate problem-solving technique" and "sketch the physical parameters of a problem." These goals, in conjunction with student observations and interviews, served as a guide for the working group to create the CUE assessment. The result is a 17-question open-ended post-test (with an optional 7-question pre-test) diagnostic, with an accompanying grading rubric. We present the preliminary validation of the instrument and rubric, plus results from 4 semesters at the University of Colorado, and 4 additional universities. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster |
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Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Stephanie V. Chasteen University of Colorado at Boulder - Science Education Initiative UCB 390 Boulder, CO 80309 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Steven J. Pollock University of Colorado at Boulder - Physics Department steven.pollock -at- colorado.edu Carl E. Wieman University of British Columbia Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative cwieman -at- exchange.ubc.c |
