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View article: Women in Physics in the United Kingdom: A Review of Recent Policy and Initiatives
Women in Physics in the United Kingdom: A Review of Recent Policy and Initiatives Open
Across the United Kingdom, initiatives designed to increase the participation and outcomes for women in physics continue, working with children of various ages as well as with adults. Improvements have been achieved by a combination of the…
View article: GRCI: An investigation into the feasibility of a General Relativity Concept Inventory
GRCI: An investigation into the feasibility of a General Relativity Concept Inventory Open
The study outlines the early-stage development of a free-response General Relativity Concept Inventory (GRCI), an educational instrument designed to test for conceptual understanding of General Relativity. Data were collected for the study…
View article: Student engagement with a novel online assessment strategy
Student engagement with a novel online assessment strategy Open
The study investigated the impact on student engagement and achievement of a "formative thresholded" continuous assessment strategy in which students had to meet a modest threshold, but their continuous assessment marks did not contribute …
View article: Science for society
Science for society Open
Chapter 8 presents an introduction and sections on: education and outreach in an interdisciplinary environment; science with and for the citizens; open communication and responsible citizens; science and ethics; the limits of science
View article: Student engagement with a novel online assessment strategy
Student engagement with a novel online assessment strategy Open
The study investigated the impact on student engagement and achievement of a "formative thresholded" continuous assessment strategy in which students had to meet a modest threshold, but their continuous assessment marks did not contribute …
View article: Computer-marked assessment and concept inventories
Computer-marked assessment and concept inventories Open
After discussing the use of computers in assessment more generally, this chapter concentrates on online computer-marked assessment, in which responses are automatically marked and feedback is instantaneously provided to students. Concept i…
View article: Women in physics in the United Kingdom: Successes, challenges, and wider diversity
Women in physics in the United Kingdom: Successes, challenges, and wider diversity Open
Progress is being made in improving the environment for women in physics in the United Kingdom, although the proportion of women in the subject remains stubbornly low. Several initiatives have been launched to help encourage girls enter th…
View article: Establishing a physics concept inventory using computer marked free-response questions
Establishing a physics concept inventory using computer marked free-response questions Open
The study covers the development and testing of the alternative mechanics survey (AMS), a modified force concept inventory (FCI), which used automatically marked free-response questions. Data were collected over a period of three academic …
View article: Student Reaction to a Modified Force Concept Inventory: The Impact of Free-Response Questions and Feedback
Student Reaction to a Modified Force Concept Inventory: The Impact of Free-Response Questions and Feedback Open
The study investigated student reaction to the alternative mechanics survey (AMS), a modified force concept inventory, which used automatically marked free-response questions and offered limited feedback to students after their answers had…
View article: Investigating male bias in multiple choice questions: contrasting formative and summative settings
Investigating male bias in multiple choice questions: contrasting formative and summative settings Open
Previous studies have claimed that male advantage may arise from multiple choice question (MCQ) types; we have made a detailed evaluation of this hypothesis, finding limited evidence that female students are disadvantaged by MCQs in summat…
View article: Using concept inventories to measure understanding
Using concept inventories to measure understanding Open
Measuring understanding is notoriously difficult. Indeed, in formulating learning outcomes the word ‘understanding’ is usually avoided, but in the sciences, developing understanding is one of the main aims of instruction. Scientific knowle…
View article: Impact of scaffolding and question structure on the gender gap
Impact of scaffolding and question structure on the gender gap Open
We address previous hypotheses about possible factors influencing the gender gap in attainment in physics. Specifically, previous studies claim that male advantage may arise from multiple-choice style questions, and that scaffolding may pr…
View article: I Wish I Could Believe You: The Frustrating Unreliability of Some Assessment Research.
I Wish I Could Believe You: The Frustrating Unreliability of Some Assessment Research. Open
Many practitioner researchers strive to understand which assessment practices have the best impact on learning, but in authentic educational settings, it can be difficult to determine whether one intervention, for example the introduction …
View article: Developing academics’ assessment practices in open, distance and e-learning: an institutional change agenda
Developing academics’ assessment practices in open, distance and e-learning: an institutional change agenda Open
Universities across the globe are attempting to change assessment practice to address challenges in student engagement and achievement. Integral to this objective are strategies to develop academics’ assessment practice. These frequently f…
View article: Online interactive assessment with short free-text questions and tailored feedback
Online interactive assessment with short free-text questions and tailored feedback Open
A linguistically based authoring tool has been used to write eassessment questions requiring short free-text answers of up to about 20 words in length (typically a single sentence). The answer matching is sophisticated and students are pro…
View article: E-assessment: Past, present and future
E-assessment: Past, present and future Open
This review of e-assessment takes a broad definition, including any use of a computer in assessment, whilst focusing on computer-marked assessment. Drivers include increased variety of assessed tasks and the provision of instantaneous feed…