Chapter 10: Using item response theory to identify and address difficult topics in general chemistry

ACS Symposium Series

Volumn 1074, Issue , 2011, Pages 137-176

  Schurmeier, Kimberly D ^a   Shepler, Carrie G ^b   Lautenschlager, Gary J ^c   Atwood, Charles H ^d  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Psychology Department University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM THEORY;

BASIC SOLUTIONS; COMPUTERIZED TESTING; GENERAL CHEMISTRY; INTER-MOLECULAR FORCES; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; PSYCHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; QUANTUM NUMBERS; SOLUTION CALORIMETRY;

CHEMICAL BONDS;

EID: 84890766844     PISSN: 00976156     EISSN: 19475918     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1021/bk-2011-1074.ch010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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