Title
Are They Learning What (We Think) We'Re Teaching?
Keywords
Assessment; Concept inventory; Force concept inventory (FCI); Views about science survey (VASS)
Abstract
Experience in physics education has revealed that even in courses that assess well, students often have serious misconceptions about fundamental concepts. A concept inventory is an instrument used to demonstrate and measure this anomalous effect. In physics education, use of the Force Concept Inventory and related instruments has facilitated true reform. Indeed, many educators view concept inventories as a key tool for change in any STEM subject. To date, there has been little work to develop concept inventories for use in CS education. This panel describes efforts to develop and encourage the use of such instruments for the computing field, initially for Discrete Mathematics (DM) as taught in CS programs and later for CS1 and CS2. Such instruments have potential for supporting investigations into important questions regarding the teaching of DM and the impact of different approaches on the development of CS1/CS2 skills. Copyright 2006 ACM.
Publication Date
12-1-2007
Publication Title
Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
Number of Pages
195-
Document Type
Article; Proceedings Paper
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1145/1121341.1121402
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
37849013631 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/37849013631
STARS Citation
Almstrum, Vicki L.; Klappholz, David; Condly, Steven; and Clement, John, "Are They Learning What (We Think) We'Re Teaching?" (2007). Scopus Export 2000s. 6239.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/6239