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Two-dimensional, implicit confidence tests as a tool for recognizing student misconceptions.
Two-dimensional, implicit confidence tests as a tool for recognizing student misconceptions.
The misconceptions that students bring with them, or that arise during instruction, are a critical barrier to learning. Implicit-confidence tests, a simple modification of the multiple-choice test, can be used as a strategy for recognizing student misconceptions. An important issue, however, is whether such tests are gender-neutral. We analyzed the results of exams administered to students (both majors and nonmajors) in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB) 1111: Biofundamentals at the University of Colorado at Boulder. At a statistically significant level (greater than 95%), there was no difference between women and men regardless of whether their answers were confidently correct or incorrect, suggesting that such two-dimensional tests are a gender-neutral tool. (Contains 4 figures.)
Klymkowsky, M.W., L.B. Taylor, S.R. Spindler & K. Garvin-Doxas
J. College Science Teaching
2006-11-01 00:00
36
44-48
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