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The development of free-response questions to assess learning assistants PCK in the context of questioning
Beth Thacker, Stephanie Hart, Kyle Wipfli +1
We designed and developed a set of free-response questions to assess learning assistants pedagogical content knowledge in the context of questioning (PCK-Q). Our goal was to develo…
Investigating students' strengths and difficulties in quantum computing
Tunde Kushimo, Beth Thacker
Quantum Computing is an exciting field that draws from information theory, computer science, mathematics, and quantum physics to process information in fundamentally new ways. Ther…
Lessons from a Large-Scale Assessment: Results from Free Response Pre- and Post-testing in Electricity and Magnetism
Beth Thacker, Keith West, Ganesh Chapagain +2
As part of a large-scale assessment project at a large university, we administered weekly pre-tests and bi-weekly post-tests in the recitation sections of our introductory classes…
The Effect of Problem Format on Students Responses
Beth Thacker, Ganesh Chapagain, David Pattillo +1
As part of large-scale assessment project at Texas Tech University, we studied the effect of problem format on students responses to quiz questions. The same problem was written in…
Lessons from a Large-Scale Assessment: Results from Conceptual Inventories
Beth Thacker, Hani Dulli, Dave Pattillo +1
We report the conceptual inventory results of a large-scale assessment project at a large university. We studied an attempt at introducing materials and instructional methods infor…
A Global View of Cognitive Structure and Implications for Instruction and Assessment
Andy Terrel, Beth Thacker
We assert that models of cognitive structure all have the same basic features. These basic features, independent of the model, have important implications for instruction and asses…