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| Abstract Title: | Providing Actionable Feedback to Instructors with a New Modular Thermodynamics Assessment |
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| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Abstract: | To improve student learning, measuring it with tools that facilitate informed course modifications is important. Historically, standardized assessments were these measurement tools. To be effective at informing change, assessments need to provide actionable and clear feedback to instructors. Traditionally, this feedback has been average scores/distributions, which are known to be difficult for instructors to interpret. A second issue is that the topics assessed are static, i.e. instructors cannot customize what topics the instrument targets. However, in some courses, including upper-division thermal physics, there is significant variation in what content is taught, motivating the need for modular assessment. Here, we present the goals and features of a newly developed assessment - The Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics Assessment, which is a modular assessment that provides instructors with actionable feedback - and describe how it represents a new model for these assessments to serve as tools to help instructors improve future courses. |
| Session Time: | Poster Session 1 |
| Poster Number: | A06 |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
M. T. Freeman University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO 80503 Phone: 4087072039 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Tyler Garcia, Kansas State University Parker Poulos, Kansas State University Bill Bridges, Kansas State University James T. Laverty, Kansas State University Bethany R. Wilcox, University of Colorado Boulder |
