Christopher Cogan

A Question of Numeracy: Is Self-Assessed Competency Registered on Knowledge Surveys Meaningful? part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Abstracts
Geoscientists often use knowledge surveys to collect self-assessed competency data about learning and learning gains. If people believe that they can do something, how well can they actually do it? At first glance, ...

Assessing the Reasoning Component of Citizen-Level Science Literacy: Results and Implications from an 18,000 Student Study part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Abstracts
We report results from a brief 25-item Science Literacy Concept Inventory (SLCI), which is a valid and reliable assessment instrument for addressing core concepts of citizen-level science literacy. The SLCI focuses ...