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| Abstract Title: | Investigating the connection between course grades and student participation in research-based assessments |
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| Abstract: | Low-stakes research-based assessments are opportunities for professors to understand and integrate course transformation built on pedagogical research. These assessments often come in the form of pre- and post-tests, such as the Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation -- the usefulness of which, however, relies on voluntary student participation. A prior study by Nissen et al. investigating participation rates as well as performance outcomes in low-stakes assessments found a possible connection between student participation rates and final course grades. We explore this connection at a different large research university with pre- and post-test participation rates and course grade data from a data set of more than 2000 students using statistical methods from the previous paper. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Session Time: | Poster Session 2 Room D |
| Poster Number: | 2D-3 |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Dylan Bloodworth Department of Physics, Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 Phone: 7034096165 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Manher Jariwala, Department of Physics, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215, USA |
