Progress on concept inventory assessment tools

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Evans, D L ^a   Gray, Gary L ^b   Krause, Stephen ^c   Martin, Jay ^d   Midkiff, Clark ^e   Notaros, Branisla M ^f   Pavelich, Michael ^g   Rancour, David ^f   Reed Rhoads, Teri ^h   Steif, Paul ⁱ   Streveler, Ruth ^g   Wage, Kathleen ^j  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^e University of Alabama   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^g Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

ⁱ CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j George Mason University   (United States)

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Author keywords

Assessment; Concepts; Continuous improvement; Engineering sciences; Evaluation; Misconceptions

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING SCIENCES; MISCONCEPTIONS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; FLUID MECHANICS; INVENTORY CONTROL; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 1642479283     PISSN: 01905848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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