1. Concept Inventories Jim Smith Michigan State University Lyman Briggs College n What is a concept inventory? n How are concept inventories built? n How many concept inventories are there in biology? n Are concept inventories the “silver bullet”? n How might you use a concept inventory in your SoTL project?

2. Learning Goals n By the end of this session, scholars will: Know what a concept inventory is; Explain how a concept inventory is built; Describe some of the existing concept inventories in biology; and Have thought about how a concept inventory might be of use in their own SoTL project.

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4. Hake RR. 1998. Interactive- engagement versus traditional methods: A six thousand student survey of mechanics test data evaluation of active learning laboratory and lecture curricula for introductory physics courses. American Journal of Physics 66: 64– 74.

5. Concept Inventories Nice example of how to build and assess a concept inventory

6. Concept Inventories One example of a potentially useful concept inventory

7. Concept Inventories Sample question from the GCA

8. Concept Inventories The CINS: A (fairly) controversial concept inventory

10. Concept Inventories A compendium of concept inventories

11. Concept Inventories A Good Review

12. Concept Inventories Diagnostic Question Clusters (DQC)

13. Learning Goals n By the end of this session, scholars will: Know what a concept inventory is; Explain how a concept inventory is built; Describe some of the existing concept inventories in biology; and Have thought about how a concept inventory might be of use in their own SoTL project.

14. Concept Inventories References n Klymkowski M. 2012. http://bioliteracy.colorado.edu/ConceptInventory.html, accessed 7/23/12. n Smith MK, Wood WB, Knight JK. 2008. The Genetics Concept Assessment: A New Concept Inventory for Gauging Student Understanding of Genetics. CBE—Life Sciences Education 7, 422 – 430. n D’Avanzo C. 2008. Biology Concept Inventories: Overview, Status, and Next Steps. BioScience 58, 1 – 7. n Anderson, D.L., Fisher, K.M., & Norman, G.J. (2002). Development and Evaluation of the Conceptual Inventory of Natural Selection. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 39, 952-978. n Fisher, K.M. and K.S. Williams. 2011. Concept Inventories and Conceptual Assessments in Biology (CABs): An annotated list. http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/CRMSE/files/Concept_Inventories_in_Biology_2011 0325.pdf n Patrick MJ. 2008. Thinking Like A Biologist Using Diagnostic Questions to Help Students Reason With Biological Principles. http://www.biodqc.org/overview, accessed 7/23/12.

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