Conference proceeding

Tracing Matter and Energy through Biological and Geological Systems: Fundamental Problems of Students’ Understanding

Conference proceedingEducation
Wilson, C.D., Anderson, C.W., Heidemann, M., Merrill, J.E., Merritt, B.W., Richmond, G., Sibley, D., Urban-Lurain, M., & Parker, J.M.
In Proceedings of the National STEM Assessment Conference: Washington, D.C., October 19-21, 2006, edited by Donald Deeds and Bruce Callen, 219-226. Washington, D.C.: Drury University, 2007
Publication year: 2007

From the Introduction…

“The goal of this project is to develop Diagnostic Question Clusters in biology and geology. We use the word “diagnostic” in the sense that we want the question clusters to identify patterns in student reasoning that underlie misconceptions or unscientific arguments. We define a cluster as a domain-specific set of questions designed to be used together. The clusters are distinct from Concept Inventories in that they are not focused on misconceptions per se, but rather on patterns in students’ reasoning that underlie common misconceptions OR unscientific arguments.”