PLEASE NOTE
My last day at Miami University was Thursday, June 15, 2023.
I now serve as the Dean for The Getty College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio Northern University in Ada, OH.
I can be reached via email at bretzsl@onu.edu and via telephone at 419.772.2130.
My website has relocated to sites.google.com/onu.edu/bretzsl.
David Sanabria-Rios
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, 2008
PostDoc, Miami University, September 2008 – August 2010
Current Position: Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, InterAmerican University
Investigating the Relationship between Faculty Cognitive Expectations about Learning Chemistry and the Construction of Exam Questions
We have investigated chemistry faculty’s cognitive expectations about learning chemistry and their influence upon the construction of exam questions in a general chemistry curriculum. Faculty cognitive expectations for learning chemistry were measured using QUIMX. Learning objectives and exam questions for a year-long general chemistry sequence were classified according to Bloom’s Cognitive Taxonomy and the Expanded Framework for Analyzing General Chemistry Exams. Analyses revealed correlations between learning objectives and the type of exam questions. Faculty cognitive expectations correlate with the algorithmic or conceptual nature of exam. The findings suggest that incorporating more conceptual assessment requires faculty to articulate explicitly their cognitive expectations and integrate them into the writing of learning objectives. A manuscript was published in Chemistry Education Research and Practice.