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Development and Validation of the Microbiology for Health Sciences Concept Inventory

Identifying misconceptions in student learning is a valuable practice for evaluating student learning gains and directing educational interventions. By accurately identifying students’ knowledge and misconceptions about microbiology concepts, instructors can design effective classroom practices cent...

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Autores principales: Seitz, Heather M., Horak, Rachel E. A., Howard, Megan W., Kluckhohn Jones, Lucy W., Muth, Theodore, Parker, Christopher, Rediske, Andrea Pratt, Whitehurst, Maureen M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5976039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29854044
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.v18i3.1322
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author Seitz, Heather M.
Horak, Rachel E. A.
Howard, Megan W.
Kluckhohn Jones, Lucy W.
Muth, Theodore
Parker, Christopher
Rediske, Andrea Pratt
Whitehurst, Maureen M.
author_facet Seitz, Heather M.
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description Identifying misconceptions in student learning is a valuable practice for evaluating student learning gains and directing educational interventions. By accurately identifying students’ knowledge and misconceptions about microbiology concepts, instructors can design effective classroom practices centered on student understanding. Following the development of ASM’s Curriculum Guidelines in 2012, we developed a concept inventory, the Microbiology for Health Sciences Concept Inventory (MHSCI), that measures learning gains and identifies student misconceptions in health sciences microbiology classrooms. The 23-question MHSCI was delivered to a wide variety of students at multiple institution types. Psychometric analysis identified that the MHSCI instrument is both discriminatory and reliable in measuring student learning gains. The MHSCI results correlated with course outcomes, showing the value of using the instrument alongside course level assessments to measure student learning. The MHSCI is a reliable and efficient way to measure student learning in microbiology and can be used both as a faculty development tool and an effective student assessment tool.
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spelling pubmed-59760392018-05-31 Development and Validation of the Microbiology for Health Sciences Concept Inventory Seitz, Heather M. Horak, Rachel E. A. Howard, Megan W. Kluckhohn Jones, Lucy W. Muth, Theodore Parker, Christopher Rediske, Andrea Pratt Whitehurst, Maureen M. J Microbiol Biol Educ Research Identifying misconceptions in student learning is a valuable practice for evaluating student learning gains and directing educational interventions. By accurately identifying students’ knowledge and misconceptions about microbiology concepts, instructors can design effective classroom practices centered on student understanding. Following the development of ASM’s Curriculum Guidelines in 2012, we developed a concept inventory, the Microbiology for Health Sciences Concept Inventory (MHSCI), that measures learning gains and identifies student misconceptions in health sciences microbiology classrooms. The 23-question MHSCI was delivered to a wide variety of students at multiple institution types. Psychometric analysis identified that the MHSCI instrument is both discriminatory and reliable in measuring student learning gains. The MHSCI results correlated with course outcomes, showing the value of using the instrument alongside course level assessments to measure student learning. The MHSCI is a reliable and efficient way to measure student learning in microbiology and can be used both as a faculty development tool and an effective student assessment tool. American Society of Microbiology 2017-10-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5976039/ /pubmed/29854044 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.v18i3.1322 Text en ©2017 Author(s). Published by the American Society for Microbiology This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ and https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode), which grants the public the nonexclusive right to copy, distribute, or display the published work.
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