Materials Concept Inventory
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
Chemical, Biochemical, Biomolecular Engineering Materials Engineering Mechanical Engineering |
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| Learning Resource Type: |
Teaching - Assessment |
| Media Type: |
Unknown |
| Author(s): |
Richard Griffin Steve Krause |
| Description: | A Materials Concept Inventory (MCI) assessment instrument is being developed to measure misconceptions about materials structure, processing, and properties. It will be used to examine student knowledge before and after teaching introductory materials engineering courses that are required by many engineering colleges. Considerable research shows that prior misconceptions are strongly held even in the face of good instruction. A better understanding of "prior knowledge" can help instructors improve instruction in their classes. |
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| Keywords: | foundation coalition concept inventory materials |
| Is Component of: |
Foundation Coalition |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
Knowledge about Student Progress Utility of the Assessment |
| Intervention(s): |
Concept inventories Use of Assessment Strategies |
| Use of Resource: |
A good starting point This site contains links to papers explaining the development of a Concept Inventory for Materials. A copy of the Concept Inventory exam is available from the authors. |
| Difficulty: |
Medium |
| Interactivity Level: |
Low |
| Version Info | |
| Publication Date: | March 2008 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.foundationcoalition.org/home/keycomponents/concept/mat |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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