Computer science concept inventories: past and future

C Taylor, D Zingaro, L Porter, KC Webb… - Computer Science …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Concept Inventories (CIs) are assessments designed to measure student learning of core
concepts. CIs have become well known for their major impact on pedagogical techniques in …

Setting the scope of concept inventories for introductory computing subjects

K Goldman, P Gross, C Heeren, GL Herman… - ACM Transactions on …, 2010 - dl.acm.org
A concept inventory is a standardized assessment tool intended to evaluate a student's
understanding of the core concepts of a topic. In order to create a concept inventory it is …

A basic recursion concept inventory

S Hamouda, SH Edwards, HG Elmongui… - Computer Science …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Recursion is both an important and a difficult topic for introductory Computer Science
students. Students often develop misconceptions about the topic that need to be diagnosed …

What were they thinking?: Refining conceptual assessments using think-aloud problem solving

KE Wage, JR Buck, JK Nelson… - IEEE Signal …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As today's practitioners and educators, we bear responsibility for training our students to
achieve the deep conceptual understanding that they require to be the next generation of …

[BOOK][B] The development of a digital logic concept inventory

GL Herman - 2011 - search.proquest.com
Instructors in electrical and computer engineering and in computer science have developed
innovative methods to teach digital logic circuits. These methods attempt to increase student …

Extending the usefulness of the Signals and Systems Concept Inventory (SSCI)

WT Padgett, MA Yoder… - 2011 Digital Signal …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Signals and Systems Concept Inventory is an extremely useful assessment tool that has
been widely used and analyzed. The authors have applied it in a variety of situations outside …

A qualitative study of problematic reasonings of undergraduate electrical engineering students in Continuous Time Signals and Systems courses

F Fayyaz - 2014 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Continuous Time Signals and Systems is a core course in the undergraduate
electrical engineering curriculum. The topics covered in this course are difficult to learn …

On the use of concept inventories for circuits and systems courses

T Ogunfunmi, GL Herman… - IEEE Circuits and Systems …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Concept inventories (CIs) are standardized assessment tools used to evaluate a student? s
conceptual understanding of important concepts in a course. These CIs offer the …

Item response analysis of the continuous-time signals and systems concept inventory

JR Buck, KE Wage… - 2009 IEEE 13th digital …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Item response theory was used to analyze version 3 of the continuous-time signals and
systems concept inventory with a pool of 1276 students at 7 schools. The resulting estimates …

[PDF][PDF] Assessing cognitive reasoning and learning in mechanics

C Papadopoulos - 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition, 2008 - academia.edu
Mechanics is the discipline that anchors the engineer's scientific reasoning. While
mechanics is properly concerned with practical treatment of the behavior of structures and …