Journal article
From Ideas to Items: A Primer on the Development of Ordered Multiple-Choice Items for Investigating the Progression of Learning in Higher Education STEM
Journal of chemical education, Vol.98(3), pp.714-729
03/09/2021
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c01121
Abstract
Identifying effective methods of assessment and developing robust assessments are key areas of research in chemistry education. This research is needed to evaluate instructional innovations and curricular reform. In this primer, we advocate for the use of a type of assessment, ordered multiple-choice (OMC), across postsecondary chemistry. OMC assessments are grounded in a developmental perspective, which treats students’ knowledge as developing in sophistication over time. This is in contrast to a dichotomous perspective, which asserts that students’ knowledge is either aligned or misaligned with scientifically accepted knowledge. By drawing on a developmental perspective, OMC assessments offer insights into student understanding that can be useful for informing instruction. To that end, this primer will overview OMC assessments, illustrate their development and evaluation in two chemistry contexts, and make an argument for their utility in the chemistry education community.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- From Ideas to Items: A Primer on the Development of Ordered Multiple-Choice Items for Investigating the Progression of Learning in Higher Education STEM
- Creators
- Katherine Lazenby - Department of ChemistryMorgan E Balabanoff - Department of ChemistryNicole M Becker - Department of ChemistryAlena Moon - Department of ChemistryJack Barbera - Department of Chemistry
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of chemical education, Vol.98(3), pp.714-729
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc
- DOI
- 10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c01121
- ISSN
- 0021-9584
- eISSN
- 1938-1328
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000172, name: Division of Undergraduate Education, award: 1937593; DOI: 10.13039/100000082, name: Division of Graduate Education, award: 1650114
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/09/2021
- Academic Unit
- Chemistry
- Record Identifier
- 9984216580402771
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