Student understanding, attitude and achievement: assessment comparisons in genetics and photosynthesis/respiration
In the Living Environment Regents examination in New York State, there is a distinct difference between students’ ability to memorize compared to their understanding biological concepts. Consequently, this study compared a range of diagnostic assessment tools to ascertain students’ conceptual unders...
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Curtin University
2014
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| description | In the Living Environment Regents examination in New York State, there is a distinct difference between students’ ability to memorize compared to their understanding biological concepts. Consequently, this study compared a range of diagnostic assessment tools to ascertain students’ conceptual understanding in two-selected domains - photosynthesis/respiration and genetics. The Regents examination was not an adequate measure of advanced student understanding of these domains when triangulated against scores on diagnostic examinations, student opinion, and attitudes. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-12782017-02-20T06:42:05Z Student understanding, attitude and achievement: assessment comparisons in genetics and photosynthesis/respiration McCalla, Serena In the Living Environment Regents examination in New York State, there is a distinct difference between students’ ability to memorize compared to their understanding biological concepts. Consequently, this study compared a range of diagnostic assessment tools to ascertain students’ conceptual understanding in two-selected domains - photosynthesis/respiration and genetics. The Regents examination was not an adequate measure of advanced student understanding of these domains when triangulated against scores on diagnostic examinations, student opinion, and attitudes. 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1278 en Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | McCalla, Serena Student understanding, attitude and achievement: assessment comparisons in genetics and photosynthesis/respiration |
| title | Student understanding, attitude and achievement: assessment comparisons in genetics and photosynthesis/respiration |
| title_full | Student understanding, attitude and achievement: assessment comparisons in genetics and photosynthesis/respiration |
| title_fullStr | Student understanding, attitude and achievement: assessment comparisons in genetics and photosynthesis/respiration |
| title_full_unstemmed | Student understanding, attitude and achievement: assessment comparisons in genetics and photosynthesis/respiration |
| title_short | Student understanding, attitude and achievement: assessment comparisons in genetics and photosynthesis/respiration |
| title_sort | student understanding, attitude and achievement: assessment comparisons in genetics and photosynthesis/respiration |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1278 |