2.4: Assessing CUREs
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F) Assessing CUREs
Jonathan J.-M. Calède
Selected assessment tools for the classroom organized by topic (modified from Shortlidge and Brownell, 2016)
ATTITUDES ABOUT SCIENCE | |
Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey | Semsar et al., 2011 |
Classroom Undergraduate Research Experience | https://www.grinnell.edu/academics/resources/ctla/assessment/cure-survey |
Research on the Integrated Science Curriculum | https://www.grinnell.edu/academics/centers-programs/ctla/assessment/risc |
COGNITIVE SKILLS | |
Blooming Biology Tool | Crowe et al., 2008 |
California Critical Thinking Skills Test | http://www.insightassessment.com/Products/Products-Summary/Critical-Thinking-Skills-Tests/California-Critical-Thinking-Skills-Test-CCTST |
Study Process Questionnaire | Biggs et al., 2001 |
COLLABORATION, DISCOVERY AND RELEVANCE, ITERATION | |
Laboratory Course Assessment Survey | Corwin et al., 2015 |
Perceived Cohesion scale | Bollen and Hoyle, 1990 |
CRITICAL THINKING | |
Blooming Biology Tool | Crowe et al., 2008 |
California Critical Thinking Skills Test | http://www.insightassessment.com/Products/Products-Summary/Critical-Thinking-Skills-Tests/California-Critical-Thinking-Skills-Test-CCTST |
DEEP AND SURFACE LEARNING | |
Study Process Questionnaire | Biggs et al., 2001 |
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND ATTITUDES | |
Environmental Attitudes Inventory | Milfont & Duckitt, 2010 |
New Ecological Paradigm Scale | Dunlap et al., 2000 |
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN | |
Biological Experimental Design Concept Inventory | Deane et al., 2014 |
Expanded Experimental Design Ability Test | Brownell et al., 2014 |
Experimental Design – First Year Undergraduate | https://q4b.biology.ubc.ca/concept-inventories/experimental-design-first-year-undergraduate-level/ |
Experimental Design – Third/Fourth Year Undergraduate Level | https://q4b.biology.ubc.ca/concept-inventories/experimental-design-thirdfourth-year-undergraduate-level/ |
Experimental Design Ability Test | Sirum & Humburg, 2011 |
Rubric for Experimental Design | Dasgupta et al., 2014 |
Tool to assess interrelated experimental design | Killpack & Fulmer, 2018 |
COMMUNICATING RESULTS | |
Graph Rubric | Angra & Gardner, 2018 |
The Rubric for Science Writing | Timmerman et al., 2011 |
MOTIVATION AND RESILIENCE | |
Grit Scale | Duckworth & Quinn, 2009 |
National Survey of Student Engagement | Kuh, 2009 |
Science Motivation Questionnaire II | Glynn et al., 2011 |
OWNERSHIP AND BELONGING | |
Project Ownership Survey | Hanauer & Dolan, 2014 |
Career Decision Making Survey – Self Authorship | Creamer et al., 2010 |
Perceived Cohesion scale | Bollen and Hoyle, 1990 |
Transparency in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Survey | https://tilthighered.com/abouttilt |
PERSONAL GAINS | |
Classroom Undergraduate Research Experience | https://www.grinnell.edu/academics/resources/ctla/assessment/cure-survey |
Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey | Semsar et al., 2011 |
Research on the Integrated Science Curriculum | https://www.grinnell.edu/academics/centers-programs/ctla/assessment/risc |
Science Motivation Questionnaire II | Glynn et al., 2011 |
Survey of Undergraduate Research Experiences | Lopatto, 2004 |
Undergraduate Student Self-Assessment Instrument | Weston & Laursen, 2015 |
Transparency in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Survey | https://tilthighered.com/abouttilt |
NATURE AND PROCESS OF SCIENCE | |
Biological Experimental Design Concept Inventory | Deane et al., 2014 |
BioSkills Guide | Clemmons et al., 2020 |
Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning | Lawson et al., 2000 |
Laboratory Course Assessment Survey | Corwin et al., 2015 |
Views About Sciences Survey | Halloun & Hestenes, 1998 |
Expanded Experimental Design Ability Test | Brownell et al., 2014 |
Experimental Design – First Year Undergraduate | https://q4b.biology.ubc.ca/concept-inventories/experimental-design-first-year-undergraduate-level/ |
Experimental Design – Third/Fourth Year Undergraduate Level | https://q4b.biology.ubc.ca/concept-inventories/experimental-design-thirdfourth-year-undergraduate-level/ |
Experimental Design Ability Test | Sirum & Humburg, 2011 |
Molecular Biology Data Analysis Test | Rybarczyk et al., 2014 |
Rubric for Experimental Design | Dasgupta et al., 2014 |
Test of Scientific Literacy Skills | Gormally et al., 2012 |
The Rubric for Science Writing | Timmerman et al., 2011 |
DATA ANALYSIS AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING | |
Statistical Reasoning in Biology Concept Inventory | Deane et al., 2016 |
BioSkills Guide | Clemmons et al., 2020 |
Psychological Research Inventory of Concepts | Veilleux & Chapman, 2017 |
Molecular Biology Data Analysis Test | Rybarczyk et al., 2014 |