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Workshop on developing biochemistry concept inventories
Author(s) -
Sears Duane W,
Anderson Trevor R
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.23.1_supplement.84.4
Subject(s) - articulation (sociology) , engineering ethics , core knowledge , field (mathematics) , psychology , order (exchange) , computer science , knowledge management , engineering , political science , business , mathematics , finance , politics , pure mathematics , law
The effective education of biochemistry students requires that educators develop rigorous knowledge and assessment standards. The first standard demands clear articulation of the core knowledge students are expected to master in ways that anticipate what they may need to know as practitioners in this field in the future. The second standard demands that effective evaluative tools be developed for monitoring students' working mastery of that knowledge, during and after their formal education. One interwoven approach for achieving these standards is through concept inventories (CIs). CIs effectively help educators deconstruct the "big ideas" of their discipline into underlying fundamental concepts that then serve as the basis for evaluative testing or assessments. CIs are emerging in many biological disciplines but the development of biochemistry CIs is just beginning. Participants at this workshop will be given an opportunity to make brief presentations about their activities and interests in this area, and they will engage in a group activity aimed at exploring avenues for biochemistry CI development and assessment in order to promote greater awareness of the key issues here.