Collaborative Research: Developing a tool for teachers to assess real-time learning and forgetting in large classes

物理学(13)这个项目正在开发一种基于网络的、经过验证的仪器，用于随着学期的进展来监测学生对广泛的入门物理概念的理解。这种方法的显著特点是学生之间的测试模式，允许在每周的时间尺度上进行评估。该系统建立在关于学生学习、遗忘、再学习和干扰的研究机构的基础上。该系统协调选择学生进行测试、考试管理和教师的实时分析。详细的发展信息及时提供，对教师的负担很小，对课堂时间的干扰最小。由于学生人数多是统计分析所必需的，因此该系统特别适合200-400人(或更多)的典型“大课堂”。罗切斯特理工学院负责软件开发，沃巴什学院负责问题验证，埃默里大学、巴克内尔大学、罗格斯大学和约翰逊·C·史密斯大学正在对该项目进行Beta测试。在美国物理学会和美国物理教师协会的全国会议上举办的研讨会将征集更多的Beta测试者。

Physics (13)This project is developing a web-based, validated instrument to monitor, as the academic term progresses, student understanding of a wide range of introductory physics concepts. The distinguishing feature of the approach is a between-student testing mode of inquiry that allows assessment on a weekly timescale. The system rests upon a well-established body of research on student learning, forgetting, re-learning, and interference. The system coordinates selecting students for testing, test administration, and real-time analysis for instructors. Detailed developmental information is provided in a timely manner with low burden to instructors and minimal intrusion on class time. Because large student numbers are necessary for statistical analysis, the system is particularly appropriate for the canonical "large lecture class" of 200-400 students (or larger). Rochester Institute of Technology is responsible for software development, Wabash College is overseeing question validation, and Emory University, Bucknell University, Rutgers University, and Johnson C. Smith University are beta testing the project. Workshops at national meetings of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers will solicit additional beta-testers.