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Development and Uses of Upper-division Conceptual Assessment
Bethany R. Wilcox, Marcos D. Caballero, Charles Baily +4
The use of validated conceptual assessments alongside more standard course exams has become standard practice for the introductory courses in many physics departments. These assess…
Unpacking Students' Use of Mathematics in Upper-division Physics
Marcos D. Caballero, Bethany R. Wilcox, Leanne Doughty +1
In their study of physics beyond the first year of University -- termed upper-division in the US, many of students' primary learning opportunities come from working long, complex b…
Rubric Design for Separating the Roles of Open-Ended Assessments
Leanne Doughty, Marcos D. Caballero
End-of-course assessments play important roles in the ongoing attempt to improve instruction in physics courses. Comparison of students' performance on assessments before and after…
Peer Evaluation of Video Lab Reports in an Introductory Physics MOOC
Shih-Yin Lin, Scott S. Douglas, John M. Aiken +5
Assessing student performance becomes challenging when course enrollment becomes very large (~10^4 students). As part of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in introductory physics…
Engaging Physics Faculty in Course Transformation
James T. Laverty, Stuart H. Tessmer, Melanie M. Cooper +1
Research has shown that it is challenging to change departmental culture to support the adoption of transformed teaching practices. Michigan State University is working to transfor…
Peer Evaluation of Video Lab Reports in a Blended Introductory Physics Course
Scott S. Douglas, Shih-Yin Lin, John M. Aiken +4
The Georgia Tech blended introductory calculus-based mechanics course emphasizes scientific communication as one of its learning goals, and to that end, we gave our students a seri…