Workshop to Develop Biology and Ecology Misconceptions Inventory Proposal

该项目支持的会议旨在为开发生物学和生态学误解清单奠定基础，类似于为物理教育界提供良好服务的力概念清单。与会者包括来自广泛机构的代表，从大型博士授予机构，如密歇根州立大学，到小型文理学院，如汉普郡学院。研讨会将于2006年10月举行，为期两天，由8位教授生物学和生态学入门课程的教师组成，他们都具有学生主动教学和形成性评价的经验。智力上的价值在于仪器最终将被开发出来，因为它满足了学科内的需求。更广泛的影响在于通过国家科学数字图书馆和美国生态学会的演讲广泛分享仪器的意图。

The meeting this project supports has the purpose of setting the foundation for development of a Biology and Ecology Misconceptions Inventory, similar to the Force Concept Inventory that serves the physics education community so well. Attendees include representatives from a broad spectrum of institutions ranging from large PHD granting institutions, such as Michigan State, to small liberal arts colleges, such as Hampshire College. The workshop will be held over two days in October, 2006 and consist of 8 faculty all of whom teach introductory biology and ecology courses and are experienced with student-active teaching and formative evaluation. The intellectual merit resides in the instrument that will eventually be developed as it fills a need within the disciplineThe broader impact resides in the intent to share the instrument widely both through the National Science Digital Library and presentations at the Ecological Society of America.