Impact of COVID-19 Curricular Shifts on Learning Gains on the Microbiology for Health Sciences Concept Inventory

Explore a 57-minute presentation by Heather Seitz and Andrea Rediske on the impact of COVID-19 curricular shifts on learning gains using the Microbiology for Health Sciences Concept Inventory. Delve into the development and validation of concept inventories, including measures of validity, reliability, learning gains, and discrimination. Examine the main findings related to COVID-19's effect on MHSC outcomes, focusing on lab results, item difficulty, and student misconceptions. Learn about assessment strategies, citation practices, and methods to prevent cheating in microbiology education. Gain insights into the American Society for Microbiology's research and engage with the presenters' responses to audience questions on this timely topic in microbiology education.

Introduction
Concept Inventory
Developing a Concept Inventory
Measuring Validity
Measuring Reliability
Measuring Learning Gains
Measuring Discrimination
Impact of COVID19 on MHSC Outcomes
Main Findings
Lab
Results
Item difficulty
Questions and answers
Student misconceptions
MHsci questions
Assessment
Citations
Cheating
Verification
American Society for Microbiology
Questions
Background