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Clarification to Points in “Correlating Student Knowledge and Confidence Using a Graded Knowledge Survey to Assess Student Learning in a General Microbiology Classroom”

    Author: Dr. Edward B. Nuhfer1
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    Affiliations: 1: Professor of Geology, Director of Faculty Development and Director of Educational Assessment, California State Universities (retired)
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    Source: J. Microbiol. Biol. Educ. December 2015 vol. 16 no. 2 125-126. doi:10.1128/jmbe.v16i2.986
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    Abstract:

    This letter to the editor provides supplemental information to and clarifies the attribution of our work in Favazzo, L., J. D. Willford, and R. M. Watson. 2014. Correlating student knowledge and confidence using a graded knowledge survey to assess student learning in a general microbiology classroom. J. Microbiol. Biol. Educ. 15(2):251-258. [Online.] http://jmbe.asm.org/index.php/jmbe/article/view/693/html_178. Accessed 9 July 2015.

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1. Ebert-May D, Weber EP 2006 Response: Re: The use of a knowledge survey as an indicator of student learning in an introductory biology course CBE Life Sci Educ 5 4 315 316 [Online.] http://www.lifescied.org/content/5/4/315.2.full Accessed 9 July 2015 10.1187/cbe.06-07-0174 http://dx.doi.org/10.1187/cbe.06-07-0174
2. Favazzo L, Willford JD, Watson RM 2014 Correlating student knowledge and confidence using a graded knowledge survey to assess student learning in a general microbiology classroom J Microbiol Biol Educ 15 2 251 258 [Online.] http://jmbe.asm.org/index.php/jmbe/article/view/693/html_178 Accessed 9 July 2015 10.1128/jmbe.v15i2.693 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.v15i2.693
3. Nuhfer EB, Knipp D 2003 The knowledge survey: a tool for all reasons Wehlburg CM, Chadwick-Blossey S To Improve the Academy: Resources for Faculty, Instructional, and Organizational Development 21 59 78
4. Nuhfer E, Knipp D 2006 Re: The use of a knowledge survey as an indicator of student learning in an introductory biology course Cell Biol Educ 5 313 314 [Online.] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1681355/ Accessed 30 December 2014 10.1187/cbe.06-05-0166 http://dx.doi.org/10.1187/cbe.06-05-0166

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Abstract:

This letter to the editor provides supplemental information to and clarifies the attribution of our work in Favazzo, L., J. D. Willford, and R. M. Watson. 2014. Correlating student knowledge and confidence using a graded knowledge survey to assess student learning in a general microbiology classroom. J. Microbiol. Biol. Educ. 15(2):251-258. [Online.] http://jmbe.asm.org/index.php/jmbe/article/view/693/html_178. Accessed 9 July 2015.

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Clarification to Points in “Correlating Student Knowledge and Confidence Using a Graded Knowledge Survey to Assess Student Learning in a General Microbiology Classroom”
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Citation: Nuhfer E. Clarification to points in “correlating student knowledge and confidence using a graded knowledge survey to assess student learning in a general microbiology classroom”. J. Microbiol. Biol. Educ. 16(2):125-126 doi:10.1128/jmbe.v16i2.986
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Mean item-by-item comparisons of collective ( = 1,187) demonstrated competency of college students and professors through Science Literacy Concept Inventory (SLCI) scores (Reliability (R) = 0.84) and collective self-assessed competency through Knowledge Survey of the SLCI (KSSLCI) self-assessment ratings (R = 0.93).

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Mean item-by-item comparisons of collective ( = 1,187) demonstrated competency of college students and professors through Science Literacy Concept Inventory (SLCI) scores (Reliability (R) = 0.84) and collective self-assessed competency through Knowledge Survey of the SLCI (KSSLCI) self-assessment ratings (R = 0.93).

Source: J. Microbiol. Biol. Educ. December 2015 vol. 16 no. 2 125-126. doi:10.1128/jmbe.v16i2.986
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