Assessing Student Understanding of Host Pathogen Interactions Using a Concept Inventory

As a group of faculty with expertise and research programs in the area of host-pathogen interactions (HPI), we are concentrating on students’ learning of HPI concepts. As such we developed a concept inventory to measure level of understanding relative to HPI after the completion of a set of microbio...

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Autores principales:	Gili Marbach-Ad, Volker Briken, Najib M. El-Sayed, Kenneth Frauwirth, Brenda Fredericksen, Steven Hutcheson, Lian-Yong Gao, Sam Joseph, Vincent T. Lee, Kevin S. McIver, David Mosser, B. Booth Quimby, Patricia Shields, Wenxia Song, Daniel C. Stein, Robert T. Yuan, Ann C. Smith
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Publicado:	American Society for Microbiology 2009
Materias:	Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Biology (General) QH301-705.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:926899db5e5a45ddad24734ba95ec4ea2021-11-15T15:03:07ZAssessing Student Understanding of Host Pathogen Interactions Using a Concept Inventory10.1128/jmbe.v10.981935-78851935-7877https://doaj.org/article/926899db5e5a45ddad24734ba95ec4ea2009-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.v10.98https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7877https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7885As a group of faculty with expertise and research programs in the area of host-pathogen interactions (HPI), we are concentrating on students’ learning of HPI concepts. As such we developed a concept inventory to measure level of understanding relative to HPI after the completion of a set of microbiology courses (presently eight courses). Concept inventories have been useful tools for assessing student learning, and our interest was to develop such a tool to measure student learning progression in our microbiology courses. Our teaching goal was to create bridges between our courses which would eliminate excessive overlap in our offerings and support a model where concepts and ideas introduced in one course would become the foundation for concept development in successive courses. We developed our HPI concept inventory in several phases. The final product was an 18-question, multiple-choice concept inventory. In fall 2006 and spring 2007 we administered the 18-question concept inventory in six of our courses. We collected pre- and postcourse surveys from 477 students. We found that students taking pretests in the advanced courses retained the level of understanding gained in the general microbiology prerequisite course. Also, in two of our courses there was significant improvement on the scores from pretest to posttest. As we move forward, we will concentrate on exploring the range of HPI concepts addressed in each course and determine and/or create effective methods for meaningful student learning of HPI aspects of microbiology.Gili Marbach-AdVolker BrikenNajib M. El-SayedKenneth FrauwirthBrenda FredericksenSteven HutchesonLian-Yong GaoSam JosephVincent T. LeeKevin S. McIverDavid MosserB. Booth QuimbyPatricia ShieldsWenxia SongDaniel C. SteinRobert T. YuanAnn C. SmithAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENJournal of Microbiology & Biology Education, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 43-50 (2009)
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spellingShingle	Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Gili Marbach-Ad Volker Briken Najib M. El-Sayed Kenneth Frauwirth Brenda Fredericksen Steven Hutcheson Lian-Yong Gao Sam Joseph Vincent T. Lee Kevin S. McIver David Mosser B. Booth Quimby Patricia Shields Wenxia Song Daniel C. Stein Robert T. Yuan Ann C. Smith Assessing Student Understanding of Host Pathogen Interactions Using a Concept Inventory
description	As a group of faculty with expertise and research programs in the area of host-pathogen interactions (HPI), we are concentrating on students’ learning of HPI concepts. As such we developed a concept inventory to measure level of understanding relative to HPI after the completion of a set of microbiology courses (presently eight courses). Concept inventories have been useful tools for assessing student learning, and our interest was to develop such a tool to measure student learning progression in our microbiology courses. Our teaching goal was to create bridges between our courses which would eliminate excessive overlap in our offerings and support a model where concepts and ideas introduced in one course would become the foundation for concept development in successive courses. We developed our HPI concept inventory in several phases. The final product was an 18-question, multiple-choice concept inventory. In fall 2006 and spring 2007 we administered the 18-question concept inventory in six of our courses. We collected pre- and postcourse surveys from 477 students. We found that students taking pretests in the advanced courses retained the level of understanding gained in the general microbiology prerequisite course. Also, in two of our courses there was significant improvement on the scores from pretest to posttest. As we move forward, we will concentrate on exploring the range of HPI concepts addressed in each course and determine and/or create effective methods for meaningful student learning of HPI aspects of microbiology.
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author	Gili Marbach-Ad Volker Briken Najib M. El-Sayed Kenneth Frauwirth Brenda Fredericksen Steven Hutcheson Lian-Yong Gao Sam Joseph Vincent T. Lee Kevin S. McIver David Mosser B. Booth Quimby Patricia Shields Wenxia Song Daniel C. Stein Robert T. Yuan Ann C. Smith
author_facet	Gili Marbach-Ad Volker Briken Najib M. El-Sayed Kenneth Frauwirth Brenda Fredericksen Steven Hutcheson Lian-Yong Gao Sam Joseph Vincent T. Lee Kevin S. McIver David Mosser B. Booth Quimby Patricia Shields Wenxia Song Daniel C. Stein Robert T. Yuan Ann C. Smith
author_sort	Gili Marbach-Ad
title	Assessing Student Understanding of Host Pathogen Interactions Using a Concept Inventory
title_short	Assessing Student Understanding of Host Pathogen Interactions Using a Concept Inventory
title_full	Assessing Student Understanding of Host Pathogen Interactions Using a Concept Inventory
title_fullStr	Assessing Student Understanding of Host Pathogen Interactions Using a Concept Inventory
title_full_unstemmed	Assessing Student Understanding of Host Pathogen Interactions Using a Concept Inventory
title_sort	assessing student understanding of host pathogen interactions using a concept inventory
publisher	American Society for Microbiology
publishDate	2009
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