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A control systems concept inventory test design and assessment / Michele Bristow in IEEE transactions on education, Vol. 55 N° 2 (Mai 2012) 

Public ISBD [article]  in IEEE transactions on education > Vol. 55 N° 2 (Mai 2012) . - pp. 203 - 212 Titre : A control systems concept inventory test design and assessment Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Michele Bristow, Auteur ; Kaan Erkorkmaz, Auteur ; Huissoon, Jan Paul, Auteur Année de publication : 2013 Article en page(s) : pp. 203 - 212 Note générale : Education Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Assessment  Item  response  theory  (IRT)  Concept  inventory  Control  systems  Diagnostic  test Résumé : Any meaningful initiative to improve the teaching and learning in introductory control systems courses needs a clear test of student conceptual understanding to determine the effectiveness of proposed methods and activities. The authors propose a control systems concept inventory. Development of the inventory was collaborative and iterative. The diagnostic test was administered to students before (pre) and after (post) student learning activities. Test responses were analyzed to provide instructors with feedback on their teaching. Using classical test theory and item response theory, aggregated results were analyzed to assess internal consistency and measurement error, respectively. Students demonstrated an improvement from pre- to post-test scores, showing gains of 23%-34% in understanding of new concepts learned. The internal consistency of the test has ranged from 0.61 to 0.68. It can be shown that the precision of the test is highest in the score range of 33%-66%, which is where most post-test scores occurred. ISSN : 0018-9359 En ligne : http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=5953536&sortType%3Das [...] [article] A control systems concept inventory test design and assessment [texte imprimé] / Michele Bristow, Auteur ; Kaan Erkorkmaz, Auteur ; Huissoon, Jan Paul, Auteur . - 2013 . - pp. 203 - 212. Education Langues : Anglais (eng) in IEEE transactions on education > Vol. 55 N° 2 (Mai 2012) . - pp. 203 - 212 Mots-clés : Assessment  Item  response  theory  (IRT)  Concept  inventory  Control  systems  Diagnostic  test Résumé : Any meaningful initiative to improve the teaching and learning in introductory control systems courses needs a clear test of student conceptual understanding to determine the effectiveness of proposed methods and activities. The authors propose a control systems concept inventory. Development of the inventory was collaborative and iterative. The diagnostic test was administered to students before (pre) and after (post) student learning activities. Test responses were analyzed to provide instructors with feedback on their teaching. Using classical test theory and item response theory, aggregated results were analyzed to assess internal consistency and measurement error, respectively. Students demonstrated an improvement from pre- to post-test scores, showing gains of 23%-34% in understanding of new concepts learned. The internal consistency of the test has ranged from 0.61 to 0.68. It can be shown that the precision of the test is highest in the score range of 33%-66%, which is where most post-test scores occurred. ISSN : 0018-9359 En ligne : http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=5953536&sortType%3Das [...]