How to find ConcepTests or clicker questions

March 2, 2012 · ConcepTests, Peer Instruction

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Julie Schell Website: http://peerinstructi… Julie Schell is a Director and Assistant Clinical Professor at The University of Texas at Austin. She is also a research associate in the Mazur Group at Harvard University. Follow Julie on twitter @julieschell or at www.julieschell.com

A common question about Peer Instruction is, where can you find ConcepTests for your discipline?

There are a number of databases for ConcepTest (interactive questions) on the web. You can find hundreds of ConcepTests at http://www.learningcatalytics.com, for example. When Eric and I are searching for ConcepTests in a particular discipline, we use the following search:

<your discipline> ConcepTest

<your discipline> “Concept Test”

<your discipline> “Peer Instruction”

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In response, Katherine Perkins wrote: “I Would add “clicker question” to your search for concept tests.”

Thanks, Katherine! Great idea.

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Bander Almatari
October 19, 2014

how do concept tests work in teaching philosophy?

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Genny Gaustad
August 29, 2012

I am unable to find any psychology questions… anywhere. Suggestions??

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- ccsjab
  November 12, 2012
  
  Try Stephen Chew’s book Best Practices For Teaching Introduction To Psychology which has a section on misconceptions and using PI and clickers to counteract them. Some questions are also in his pdf file at http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/eit2004/eit04-03.pdf
  
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Lorena Barba
March 12, 2012

I found an NSF-funded virtual community called ciHUB for concept inventory users and creators … but it looks like a ghost town. I wonder what happened to the effort, it seems like a great idea:
https://cihub.org/

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Julie Schell
March 6, 2012

Laurie Starkey at Cal Poly Pomona also has a website for clicker questions: http://www.clickerquestions.com/

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- Sandra
  September 12, 2014
  
  Limited number of disciplines included. No social science questions.
  
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Heidi
March 3, 2012

Although I building my own banks of questions (concept questions, clicker questions), I am not having much luck finding any online, even following your suggestions above.

For example, I don’t see any questions on the Learning Catalytics site, although I did find this statement:
“Learning Catalytics also provides a searchable shared question library …”.

Do we need to request an invitation and set up an instructor account to get access to resources on this site?

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- Brian Lukoff
  March 3, 2012
  
  Yes — just request an invitation and we’ll create an instructor account for you; then you’ll have complete access to the shared question library.
  
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