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Assessment and Quality Control in Chemistry Education

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Thomas Holme

Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413

J. Chem. Educ., 2003, 80 (6), p 594

DOI: 10.1021/ed080p594

Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2003

Abstract

This article describes how the Examinations Instititue of the Division of Chemical Education of the ACS develops questions and exams. Uses and abuses of the exams are also discussed.

Keywords (Audience):

First-Year Undergraduate / General

Keywords (Domain):

Chemical Education Research

Keywords (Feature):

Commentary

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Testing / Assessment

Keywords (Subject):

Learning Theories

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- Investigating Factors That Influence Item Performance on ACS Exams
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  Journal of Chemical Education2012 Article ASAP
  General chemistry tests from the Examinations Institute of the Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society have been analyzed to identify factors that may influence how individual test items perform. In this paper, issues of item order ...
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Assessing Conceptual and Algorithmic Knowledge in General Chemistry with ACS Exams
Thomas Holme and Kristen Murphy
Journal of Chemical Education2011 Article ASAP
- Assessing Conceptual and Algorithmic Knowledge in General Chemistry with ACS Exams
  Thomas Holme and Kristen Murphy
  Journal of Chemical Education2011 Article ASAP
  In 2005, the ACS Examinations Institute released an exam for first-term general chemistry in which items are intentionally paired with one conceptual and one traditional item. A second-term, paired-questions exam was released in 2007. This paper presents ...
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Assessment Data and Decision Making in Teaching
Thomas Holme
Journal of Chemical Education2011 Article ASAP
- Assessment Data and Decision Making in Teaching
  Thomas Holme
  Journal of Chemical Education2011 Article ASAP
  Finding avenues to collect and use data in our teaching parallel to the way we use data in research may be an important way to improve educational outcomes.
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Assessing Conceptual versus Algorithmic Knowledge: Are We Engendering New Myths in Chemical Education?
Thomas HolmeKristen Murphy
2011 (), 195-206
- Assessing Conceptual versus Algorithmic Knowledge: Are We Engendering New Myths in Chemical Education?
  Thomas HolmeKristen Murphy
  2011 (), 195-206
  Studies over the past two decades have emphasized a gap between relatively weak student performance on conceptual items versus traditional items. The ACS Examinations Institute has released a pair of exams for general chemistry in which items are ...
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Using an ACS General Chemistry Exam to Compare Traditional and POGIL Instruction
Martin D. Perry and Randall D. Wight
2008 994 (), 240-247
- Using an ACS General Chemistry Exam to Compare Traditional and POGIL Instruction
  Martin D. Perry and Randall D. Wight
  2008 994 (), 240-247
  This study uses a standard ACS exam for general chemistry to examine the effectiveness of Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) instruction compared to traditional instruction. One cohort in this general chemistry study received a full year of ...
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