Student Content Assessments
Instrument 24: Moro Cojo Slough Pre-Assessment
Project: Teaching Scientific Inquiry Through Inter-disciplinary Problem-based Modules: Students as Partners in Ongoing Applied Research
California State University Monterey Bay
Funding Source: NSF - Undergraduate education (DUE)
Purpose: To assess students prior knowledge of the Moro Cojo Slough
Administered To: Undergraduate biology and chemistry students
Topics Covered:
- Content Specific Assessment: science content and inquiry; environmental science; wetlands ecology
- Self Assessment (Student): confidence, content knowledge, understanding, skills, performance
Format/Length: 4 open-ended questions
| ESSP 240: Biology I |
Name:___________________ |
Moro Cojo Slough Pre-Assessment
| 1) |
In terms of doing science, how confident do you
feel about being able to develop questions and hypotheses, conduct an
experiment, and interpret and explain the results to others? Explain each
part of the process, if possible.
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| 2) |
What do you know about wetlands (i.e. what they are, how
they function, what values they have to people)?
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| 3) |
What do you know about ecological restoration (i.e., what
it is, why it is important, challenges with doing it)?
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| 4) |
What do you know about Moro Cojo Slough?
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