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Phys. Rev. ST Physics Ed. Research 2, 020103 (2006) [15 pages]

Scientific abilities and their assessment

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Eugenia Etkina*, Alan Van Heuvelen, Suzanne White-Brahmia, David T. Brookes, Michael Gentile, Sahana Murthy, David Rosengrant*, and Aaron Warren
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8019, USA

Received 20 December 2005; published 1 August 2006

The paper introduces a set of formative assessment tasks and rubrics that were developed for use in an introductory physics instruction to help students acquire and self-assess various scientific process abilities. We will describe the rubrics, tasks, and the student outcomes in courses where the tasks and rubrics were used.

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© 2006 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.2.020103
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.2.020103
PACS:
01.40.Fk, 01.50.Qb

*Also at The Rutgers Graduate School of Education, 10 Seminary Place, New Jersey 08901, USA.

 
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