Concept questions (CQs) have been pioneered by Eric Mazur and others, and popularised by the Force Concept Inventory (FCI). CQs require that the student thinks about and applies engineering principles and ideally require the recall of few, if any, facts or data. At present they are available (or at least published) in just a few areas of engineering. A review of the available literature reveals only a dozen or so examples of the systematic use of concept questions. This session will be dedicated to sharing what is currently available and stimulating the writing of further CQs in currently under-populated areas of engineering.
Pages:
6
Affiliations:
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Keywords:
Concept questions
Assessment
engineering principles
Year:
2011
Reference:
Mazur, Eric; “Peer Instruction: A User’s Manual”, Prentice Hall, 1997:
ISBN 013565441-6
Krause, S, Kelly, J, Triplett, J, Eller, A and Baker, D, “Uncovering and addressing some common types of misconceptions in introductory materials science and engineering” J Materials Education, Vol 32, 2010, 255-272:
Krause, S, “Assessing conceptual transfer of phase behaviour from the domain of chemistry to the domain of materials engineering, 1st Int Conf Engineering Education, Honolulu, ASEE, 2007:
Light G, Swarat S, Park, E J, Drane, D, Tevaarwerk, E and Mason, T “Understanding undergraduate students’ conceptions of a core nanoscience concept: size and scale”, 1st Int Conf Engineering Education, Honolulu, ASEE, 2007:
Meltzer, David E “Investigation of students’ reasoning regarding heat, work, and the first law of thermodynamics in an introductory calculus-based general physics course”, Am J Phys 72 (11) 2004, 1432-1446:
Hestenes, David, Wells, M and Swackhamer, G, “Force Concept Inventory,” The Physics Teacher, Vol. 30, No. 3, 1992, pp. 141-151.:
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McCarthy, T J and Goldfinch, T, “Teaching the concept of free body diagrams” Proc AaeE Conf, Sydney, 2010 pp 454-460:
Krause, S, Decker, J C & Griffin, R; “Using a materials concept inventory to assess conceptual gain in introductory materials engineering courses”, Proc 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 2003, T3D-7:
Midkiff, K C, Litzinger, T A, and Evans, D L, “Development of engineering thermodynamics concept inventory instruments” Proc 31st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001, F2A-3:
Newcomer, J L and Steif, P S “Gaining insight into student thinking from their explanations of concept questions” 1st ASEE Int Conf Research in Engineering Education, Honolulu, 2007:
Steif, P S and Dantzler, J A “A statics concept inventory: Development and psychometric analysis”, ASEE, 2005, pp 1-9:
Streveler, R A, Miller, R L, Nelson, M A, Geist, M R and Olds B M, “Development and psychometric analysis of the thermal and transport concept inventory” 1 st ASEE Int Conf Research in Engineering Education, Honolulu, 2007:
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