What Does a Student Know Who Earns a Top Score on the Advanced Placement Chemistry Exam?

Autor/inn/en	Claesgens, Jennifer; Daubenmire, Paul L.; Scalise, Kathleen M.; Balicki, Scott; Gochyyev, Perman; Stacy, Angelica M.
Titel	What Does a Student Know Who Earns a Top Score on the Advanced Placement Chemistry Exam?
Quelle	In: Journal of Chemical Education, 91 (2014) 4, S.472-479 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9584
DOI	10.1021/ed300796r
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Chemistry; Advanced Placement; Science Tests; Standardized Tests; Evaluation Methods; Problem Solving; Scientific Concepts; Concept Formation; Correlation; Science Achievement; High School Students; Secondary School Science + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Chemie; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Problemlösen; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Korrelation; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	This paper compares the performance of students at a high-performing U.S. public school (n = 64) on the advanced placement (AP) chemistry exam to their performance on the ChemQuery assessment system. The AP chemistry exam was chosen because, as the National Research Council acknowledges, it is the "perceived standard of excellence and school quality". In contrast to the nationally recognized AP chemistry exam, the ChemQuery assessment system is a research tool that uses item-response theory to map student progress on a scale of conceptual understanding in chemistry. Our findings indicate that the two types of assessments, traditional problem-solving skills and conceptual understanding, are highly correlated as measured here. However, student performance on the ChemQuery assessment is disappointingly low. On the basis of the data analysis, this paper discusses the implications of the findings with a focus on the current efforts to redesign the AP chemistry exam. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10