Mini-Symposium: Research Validated Assessments in Education

Presentations

• Improving Physics Quantitative Literacy (PQL): One story of assessment informing instruction

  ORAL · Invited

  March 18, 2025, 4:30 PM – March 18, 2025, 5:06 PM

  Publication: White Brahmia, S.,Olsho, A., Smith, T. I., Boudreaux, A., Eaton, P., Zimmerman,C., Physics Inventory of Quantitative Literacy: A tool for assessing mathematical reasoning in introductory physics, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res.,17,2, 2021, American Physical Society, 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.17.020129. https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.17.020129<br><br>Zimmerman, C., Olsho,A., Loverude, M., White Brahmia, S., Expert covariational reasoning resources in physics graphing tasks, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res., Under Review. arXiv:2306.00921

  Presenters

  • Suzanne White Brahmia

    University of Washington

  Authors

  • Suzanne White Brahmia

    University of Washington

  • Trevor I. Smith

    Rowan University

  • Charlotte Zimmerman

    Cornell University

  • Alexis RW Olsho

    University of Washington

  • Philip Eaton

    Stockton University

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• Using assessment to drive the development of algebraic reasoning activities

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 5:06 PM – March 18, 2025, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Charlotte Zimmerman

    Cornell University

  Authors

  • Charlotte Zimmerman

    Cornell University

  • Natasha G Holmes

    Cornell University

  • Suzanne White Brahmia

    University of Washington

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• Defining Testlets for Measuring Growth in Students' Physics Quantitative Literacy

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 5:18 PM – March 18, 2025, 5:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Trevor I. Smith

    Rowan University

  Authors

  • Trevor I. Smith

    Rowan University

  • Kelsey Endicott

    Rowan University

  • Elliot Ward

    Rowan University

  • Philip Eaton

    Stockton University

  • Charlotte Zimmerman

    Cornell University

  • Suzanne White Brahmia

    University of Washington

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• Beyond multiple choice - balancing the affordances and constraints of closed- and open-response formats

  ORAL · Invited

  March 18, 2025, 5:30 PM – March 18, 2025, 6:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Bethany Rae Wilcox

    University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Bethany Rae Wilcox

    University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Redesigning Legacy Conceptual Inventories: Initial Results from the One-Dimensional Kinematics Subscale

  ORAL

  March 18, 2025, 6:06 PM – March 18, 2025, 6:18 PM

  Presenters

  • John C Stewart

    West Virginia University

  Authors

  • John C Stewart

    West Virginia University

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