Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research (Aug 2006)

Scientific abilities and their assessment

  • David Rosengrant,
  • Sahana Murthy,
  • Michael Gentile,
  • David T. Brookes,
  • Suzanne White-Brahmia,
  • Alan Van Heuvelen,
  • Eugenia Etkina,
  • Aaron Warren

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 2

Abstract

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The paper introduces a set of formative assessment tasks and rubrics that were developed for use in an introductory physics instruction to help students acquire and self-assess various scientific process abilities. We will describe the rubrics, tasks, and the student outcomes in courses where the tasks and rubrics were used.

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