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Using the Ecology and Evolution-Measuring Achievement and Progression in Science assessment to measure student thinking across the Four-Dimensional Ecology Education framework

Cornell Affiliated Author(s)

Author

M.K. Smith
C. Walsh
N.G. Holmes
M.M. Summers

Abstract

The newly developed Four-Dimensional Ecology Education (4DEE) framework, produced by the Ecological Society of America, provides updated guidance for undergraduate instruction. To help instructors align their courses to this framework and assess student progress toward its goals, we have recoded the comprehensive programmatic assessment Ecology and Evolution-Measuring Achievement and Progression in Science (EcoEvo-MAPS) and reanalyzed a national dataset of over 2000 undergraduate student responses. Here, we show how the EcoEvo-MAPS questions align to the 4DEE framework and provide student performance data across the dimensions and elements. We also include information from student interviews to help inspire educators to develop new lessons, additional assessment questions, and other course materials in these areas. Finally, we provide information on a new web-based portal that allows instructors to easily administer EcoEvo-MAPS to students and receive an automatically generated score report that aligns results to the 4DEE framework. © 2019 The Authors.

Date Published

Journal

Ecosphere

Volume

10

Issue

9

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85073234875&doi=10.1002%2fecs2.2873&partnerID=40&md5=87129b3beb68c19dcad652f7f527f77a

DOI

10.1002/ecs2.2873

Group (Lab)

Natasha Holmes Group

Funding Source

1322364
1323010
DUE 1322556
1808008199

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