Two-Dimensional, Implicit Confidence Tests as a Tool for Recognizing Student Misconceptions.

Klymkowsky, Michael W.; Taylor, Linda B.; Spindler, Shana R.; Garvin-Doxas, R. Kathy

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Title: Two-Dimensional, Implicit Confidence Tests as a Tool for Recognizing Student Misconceptions

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Title:	Two-Dimensional, Implicit Confidence Tests as a Tool for Recognizing Student Misconceptions
Authors:	Klymkowsky, Michael W.; Taylor, Linda B.; Spindler, Shana R.; Garvin-Doxas, R. Kathy
Descriptors:	Majors (Students); Multiple Choice Tests; Misconceptions; Academic Libraries; Confidence Testing; Surveys
Source:	Journal of College Science Teaching, v36 n3 p44-48 Nov-Dec 2006
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Publisher:	National Science Teachers Association. 1840 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201-3000. Tel: 800-722-6782; Fax: 703-243-3924; e-mail: membership@nsta.org; Web site: http://www.nsta.org
Publication Date:	2006-00-00
Pages:	5
Pub Types:	Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Abstract:	The misconceptions that students bring with them, or that arise during instruction, are a critical barrier to learning. Implicit-confidence tests, a simple modification of the multiple-choice test, can be used as a strategy for recognizing student misconceptions. An important issue, however, is whether such tests are gender-neutral. We analyzed the results of exams administered to students (both majors and nonmajors) in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB) 1111: Biofundamentals at the University of Colorado at Boulder. At a statistically significant level (greater than 95%), there was no difference between women and men regardless of whether their answers were confidently correct or incorrect, suggesting that such two-dimensional tests are a gender-neutral tool. (Contains 4 figures.)
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