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ERIC Number: EJ1250880
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Apr
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
EISSN: N/A
Development and Validation of Scientific Practices Assessment Tasks for the General Chemistry Laboratory
Stephenson, Norda S.; Duffy, Erin M.; Day, Elizabeth L.; Padilla, Kira; Herrington, Deborah G.; Cooper, Melanie M.; Carmel, Justin H.
Journal of Chemical Education, v97 n4 p884-893 Apr 2020
The development of proficiency in the practices used by scientists and engineers is considered an important student outcome of laboratory instruction. We developed tasks to assess students' use and development of selected scientific and engineering practices in the general chemistry laboratory using an adapted evidence-centered design approach. In this paper, we provide a detailed description of the process of development and validation of these assessment tasks, using one of our tasks to illustrate the process. The tasks show strong evidence of validity and reliability for revealing students' understanding of scientific and engineering practices within the research context.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1708506; 1708666