Re: [Phys-L] Evaluation tests

["Anthony Lapinski" <Anthony_Lapinski@pds.org>]

I, too. Could not find it online, only a few sample math questions...


Phys-L@Phys-L.org writes:
> On Dec 16, 2013, at 18:23 PM, Robert Cohen wrote:
>
> > We have found a very strong correlation between students passing this
> course with a C or better and our own survey, which is based partly on
> Jerome Epstein's "Basic Skills Diagnostic Test" (BSDT) and focuses a
> great deal on proportions and the meaning of algebraic letters (variable
> and unit abbreviations) vs. numbers.  The key is to ask as simple a
> question as possible that still reveals the weakness.  For example,
> without the help of a calculator, which is bigger: 25/27 or 15/17?
> >
>
> I'd love to see a copy of this survey if I could.  Have you ever
> administered it as a pre/post test in a physics class?  It'd be
> interesting if the physics class, as opposed to a math class, having an
> impact on improving this sort of thinking.
>
>
> 			thanks,
>
> 				Brian Blais
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