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Calculus Concept Inventory (CCI)

Purpose

The CCI is an 24-question instrument that assesses students reasoning abilities and conceptual understanding of concepts central to calculus. These topics include functions, limits, derivatives, integrals.

Population

The CCI is commonly administered to college calculus students.

Typical Performance

The CCI is a relatively new instrument and does not have an established performance range.

Example question

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Validity

See below for existing literature on the CCI’s validity (after development)

  • J. Gleason, S. Bagley, M. Thomas, L. Rice, and D. White, The calculus concept inventory: a psychometric analysis and implications for use, Int. J. Math. Educ. Sci. Tech. 50 (6), 825 (2019).

Research

The CCI was developed by Jerome Epstein see:

  • J. Epstein, Development and Validation of the Calculus Concept Inventory, presented at the Ninth International Conference on Mathematics Education in a Global Community, Charlotte, NC, 2007.
  • J. Epstein, The Calculus Concept Inventory – Measurement of the Effect of Teaching Methodology in Mathematics, Notices Amer. Math. Soc. 60 (8), 1018 (2003).

Example LASSO Report

Please follow this link to our example report for concept inventories.

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More Information

There is currently no web resources that offer significant additional information about the PCA.