Cat Sarosi and Vanesa Farooq present their work at the annual National Numeracy Network Conference
Several members of the Follette Lab presented at the National Numeracy Network Annual Conference in Albuquerque New Mexico October 22-23.
Cat Sarosi, a recent Amherst Statistics and Astronomy major and current Follette Lab research assistant, presented her senior Statistics thesis work on an Item Response Theory (IRT, a method for modeling the measurement properties of an assessment) analysis of the QuaRCS study. Her results have helped us to more rigorously quantify the quality of the QuaRCS assessment and its ability to measure quantitative skills. These results will be critical in helping us move toward a culturally neutral assessment.
Cat Sarosi, a current Follette Lab research assistant, presents at the National Numeracy Network.
Vanesa Farooq, a junior Statistics major, presented her work developing and statistically analyzing QuaRCS questions about student affect (their feelings and emotions around doing math). She added a number of items probing metacognition, growth mindset, and sense of belonging to the assessment. Theassessment. he composite variables that she developed probing these qualities have tremendous power to predict student score on the assessment.
Vanesa Farooq, a junior Statistics major, presents at the National Numeracy Network.