Development of a Concept Inventory for the Nursing General, Organic and Biochemistry Course

Autor/inn/en	Vonderheide, Anne P.; Sunny, Cijy Elizabeth; Koenig, Kathleen
Titel	Development of a Concept Inventory for the Nursing General, Organic and Biochemistry Course
Quelle	In: Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 23 (2022) 2, S.15-22 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1526-2367
Schlagwörter	Test Construction; Biochemistry; Nursing Students; Nursing Education; Misconceptions; Test Validity; Test Reliability; Undergraduate Students; Organic Chemistry; Science Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testaufbau; Biochemie; Pflegepädagogik; Missverständnis; Testvalidität; Testreliabilität; Organische Chemie; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung
Abstract	Many disciplines have used concept inventories (CI) to better understand the alternative ideas held by students. Administering a CI at both the beginning and the end of the semester can yield much information. For example, a comparison of both pre- and post-test responses can help determine if specific gains in student learning were met. In this paper, we describe the development of a concept inventory over four academic years for the one-semester general, organic, and biochemistry (GOB) course required for nursing students. Questions were designed around course topics and to identify common misconceptions, which were gathered from the literature, student interviews, and content experts. The instrument was refined over several iterations to ensure that all questions were appropriate and understandable while providing useful information. The final version demonstrated appropriate gains in the comparison of pre- and post-test results for an active learning classroom and results are discussed. In addition, item quality was ascertained via the discrimination and difficulty values, and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was computed for the entire test as a measure of its reliability. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Institute for STEM Education and Research. P.O. Box 4001, Auburn, AL 36831. Tel: 334-844-3360; Web site: http://www.jstem.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01