The Signals and Systems Concept Inventory
Kathleen E. Wage, John R. Buck, and Margret A. Hjalmarson
Abstract
This paper collects and synthesizes information about the SSCI
previously published in a number of different journals and conference
proceedings [6, 7, 8]. The target audience of this paper is STEM
faculty interested in developing new concept inventories for their own
core classes, whereas the publications cited above are targeted at
electrical engineering faculty teaching S&S courses. We hope to
provide a useful perspective on the development, testing and
application of a concept inventory for an upper division core
course. This paper also presents new material on our expert peer
review process to establish content validity and updates our data
employing the SSCI to quantify gains in students' conceptual
understanding due to instruction, and to identify stubborn
misconceptions held by students.
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