Table 2 Evolution concept inventories
From: Concept inventories as a resource for teaching evolution
Assessment name, shorthand (citation) | Content/population | Answer type (time) | Validation population/evidence | How to access in creators' publication/Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ecology and evolution–measuring achievement and progression in science, EcoEvo-MAPS (Summers et al. 2018) | Ecology and evolution/AY | 63 MC (15–35 m) | Multiple/TC, RP, IS | Supplement/Designed for longitudinal use |
Biological concepts instrument, BCI (Klymkowsky et al. 2010) | Molecular biology/Y1, Y2 | 29 MC | Multiple/TC, RP | Appendix |
Unnamed instrument (Blacquiere and Hoese 2016) | Phylogenetics/Y1 | 18 MC (< 20 m) | CSU Fullerton/TC, RP, IS, C | Supplement |
Phylogenetic assessment test, PhAT (Smith et al. 2013b) | Phylogenetics/Y1 | 5 open-ended | Michigan State University/TC, RP | Embedded/Rubric published in paper |
Tree-thinking concept inventory, TTCI (Naegle 2009) | Tree thinking/AY | 29 MC (20–30 m) | Multiple/TC, RP, IS | Contact author/Suggestions for choosing subset of Qs detailed in thesis |
Basic tree-thinking assessment (Baum et al. 2005) | Tree thinking/AY | 10 MC each | Not stated | Supplement/Two separate quizzes (I for LD, II for UD) |
Conceptual inventory of natural selection, CINS (Anderson et al. 2002) | Natural selection/NM | 20 MC | Multiple/TC, RP, IS | Supplement |
Assessing conceptual reasoning about natural selection, ACORNS (Nehm et al. 2012) | Natural selection/LD | Variable open-ended | The Ohio State University/TC, RP, IS, C | Supplement/Grading with rubric (Nehm et al. 2010; Opfer et al. 2012) or with EvoGrader (Moharreri et al. 2014) |
Conceptual assessment of natural selection, CANS (Kalinowski et al. 2016) | Natural selection/LD | 24 MC | Montana State University/TC, RP, IS | Supplement |
Open response instrument, ORI (Nehm and Schonfeld 2008) | Natural selection/LD | 5 open-ended (25Â m) | University in urban area of NE US/TC, RP, IS, C, D | Embedded/Built from earlier assessments (Bishop and Anderson 1990; Nehm and Reilly 2007). Scoring guide and rubric (Nehm et al. 2010) |
Natural selection misconceptions diagnostic (DeSaix et al. 2011) | Natural selection/LD | 12 MC | Not stated | https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/teach/evo_misconceps_diagnostic.pdf |
Evolutionary development concept inventory, EvoDevoCI (Perez et al. 2013) | Evolutionary development/AY | 11 MC | Multiple/TC, RP, IS | Supplement/Details about CI development also published (Hiatt et al. 2013) |
Host–pathogen interactions concept inventory, HPI-CI (Marbach-Ad et al. 2009) | Host–pathogen interactions/AY | 18 MC | University of Maryland/TC, RP, IS | Unclear |
Measure of understanding of macroevolution, MUM (Nadelson and Southerland 2009) | Macroevolution/LD | 27 MC (plus 1 open-ended) | Not stated/TC, IS | Appendix |
Genetic drift inventory, GeDI (Price et al. 2014) | Genetic drift/UD | 22 MC | Multiple/TC, RP, IS | Supplement |
Dominance concept inventory, DCI (Abraham et al. 2014) | Mendelian genetics/AY | 16 MC | Multiple/TC, RP, IS | Supplement/Some questions are two-tiered |
Genetics concepts assessment, GCA (Smith et al. 2008) | Genetics/AY | 25 MC | Multiple/TC, RP, IS, C | Contact authors |
Genetics literacy assessment instrument, GLAI (Bowling et al. 2008) | Genetics/NM | 31 MC | University of Cincinnati/TC, RP, IS | https://etd.ohiolink.edu/rws_etd/document/get/ucin1195583851/inline (p94) |