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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2009  > July  >
In the Classroom
Resources for Student Assessment
Designing Chemistry Practice Exams for Enhanced Benefits
An Instrument for Comparing Performance and Mental Effort Measures
Karen J. Knaus, Kristen L. Murphy, and Thomas A. Holme
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211
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July 2009
Vol. 86 No. 7
p. 827
Abstract
The design and use of a chemistry practice exam instrument that includes a measure for student mental effort is described in this paper. Use of such an instrument can beneficial to chemistry students and chemistry educators as well as chemical education researchers from both a content and cognitive science perspective. The method for calculating and representing cognitive efficiency in different chemistry categories at both the student-level and classroom-level is described. In addition, explanation of the information available and potential benefits to each of the target populations is discussed with respect to instrument use.
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Citation
Knaus, Karen J.; Murphy, Kristen L.; Holme, Thomas A. J. Chem. Educ. 2009, 86, 827.
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Keywords
Chemical Education Research; Enrichment / Review Materials; First-Year Undergraduate / General; Learning Theories; Materials Science; Testing / Assessment
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History
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6/1/2009
6/3/2009
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