Developed by Benjamin Pollard, Michael F. J. Fox, Laura Rios, Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer, Alexandra Werth, Heather Lewandowski
| Purpose | To measure students' processes of modeling in advanced lab classes focusing on either electronics or optics. |
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| Format | Pre/post, Multiple-choice, Multiple-response |
| Duration | N/A min |
| Focus | Lab skills (modeling, Electronics, Optics) |
| Level | Upper-level |
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Part 1 for the Electronics Assessment:
Part 2 (Coupled Multiple Response) example from Electronics Assessment
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Silver ValidationThis is the second highest level of research validation, corresponding to at least 5 of the validation categories below.
Research Validation Summary
Based on Research Into:
- Student thinking
Studied Using:
- Student interviews
- Expert review
- Appropriate statistical analysis
Research Conducted:
- At multiple institutions
- By multiple research groups
- Peer-reviewed publication
MAPLE was developed in three steps. The first step, beginning Fall 2017, was to interview instructors in upper division Electronics and Optics labs. Step Two was think-aloud problem solving interviews with students. The third step was iterating on the instructor and student interviews to develop the final survey.
References
- D. R. Dounas-Frazer and H. Lewandowski, Electronics lab instructors’ approaches to troubleshooting instruction, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 13 (1) 010102 (2017).
- D. Dounas-Frazer, J. Stanley, and H. Lewandowski, Instructor perspectives on iteration during upper-division optics lab activities, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2017, Cincinnati, OH, 2017.
- M. Fox, B. Pollard, L. Ríos, and H. Lewandowski, Capturing modeling pathways using the Modeling Assessment for Physics Laboratory Experiments, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2020, Virtual Conference, 2020.
- B. Pollard, M. Fox, L. Ríos, and H. Lewandowski, Creating a coupled multiple response assessment for modeling in lab courses, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2020, Virtual Conference, 2020.
- B. Pollard, R. Hobbs, D. Dounas-Frazer, and H. Lewandowski, Methodological development of a new coding scheme for an established assessment on measurement uncertainty in laboratory courses, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2019, Provo, UT, 2019.
- L. Rios, B. Pollard, D. Dounas-Frazer, and H. Lewandowski, Using think-aloud interviews to characterize model-based reasoning in electronics for a laboratory course assessment, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 15 (1), 010140 (2019).
- L. Ríos, B. Pollard, D. Dounas-Frazer, and H. Lewandowski, Pathways to proposing causes for unexpected experimental results, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2018, Washington, DC, 2018.
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| Typical Results |
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Example of Part 2 scoring from the Electronics assessment. The answer score is the score of the multiple choice question and the reasoning score is the score of the multiple response question. |
The latest version of the MAPLE, released in 2020, is version 1. Instructor interviews, think-aloud problem solving interviews, and survey revisions were conducted between 2017 and 2020.
