We designed a rubric to assess free-response exam problems in order to compare thinking skills evidenced in exams in classes taught by different pedagogies. The rubric was designed based on Bloom’s taxonomy and then used to code exam problems. We have analyzed historical and recent exam problems in both algebra-based and calculus-based exams. In particular, we have examined cases where the same problem was administered on exams taught by different pedagogies. In some cases, we were able to compare different sections of the algebra-based physics course taught by the same instructor, sometimes during the same semester, one with inquiry-based instruction and the other in a more traditional lecture environment. We discuss the development of the instrument and present results. The inquiry-based students consistently demonstrated use of the thinking skills coded at least as often as the traditional students, and usually more often.

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评估自由回答题中思维能力的专栏

我们设计了一个专栏来评估自由回答的考试问题，以便比较在不同的教学法授课的考试中证明的思维能力。该规则是根据Bloom的分类法设计的，然后用于编写考试问题代码。我们已经分析了基于代数和基于微积分的考试的历史和最近的考试问题。尤其是，我们研究了在不同教学法的考试中出现相同问题的案例。在某些情况下，我们能够比较同一位讲师讲授的基于代数的物理课程的不同部分，有时是在同一学期，一个是基于查询的讲授，另一个是在更传统的授课环境中。我们讨论了该仪器的开发并提供了结果。