Christopher Cogan

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 ...

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, ...