Quantitative Biology Education Assessment Resources (QBEAR) is a repository of assessment instruments that exist for measuring the quantitative ability and reasoning of biology students.


BioSQuaRE

BioSQuaRE

Purpose The Biological Science Quantitative Reasoning Exam (BioSQuaRE) assesses core quantitative skills identified in national reports (e.g.,Bio2010, Vision & Change, …
MBDAT

MBDAT

Purpose The Data Analysis Skills in Molecular Biology (MBDAT) assesses undergraduate biology major students ability to analyze and interpret experimental data, to elucidate …
Graph Rubric

Graph Rubric

Purpose The Graph Rubric is an evidence-based, analytic rubric that can be used to evaluate students’ graph choice and construction. The rubric focuses on graph mechanics, …
MBVI

MBVI

Purpose The Math–Biology Values Instrument (MBVI) is based on expectancy-value theory of achievement motivation and measures undergraduate life science majors’ task values …
QLRA

QLRA

Purpose The Quantitative Literacy and Reasoning Assessment (QLRA) assesses students’ quantitative literacy and reasoning, defined as the skill set necessary to process …
QM BUGS

QM BUGS

Purpose The Quantitative Modeling by Biology Undergraduate Students (QM BUGS) assesses undergraduate biology students’ quantitative modeling abilities and confidence about …
SRBCI

SRBCI

Purpose The Statistical Reasoning in Biology Concept Inventory (SRBCI) measures students’ statistical reasoning in biology. The four core conceptual groupings assessed by …
Statistics Survey

Statistics Survey

Purpose This instrument was developed to measure learning gains in a biology laboratory class that incorporatedelements of statistics. Population/Uses N/A Administration Local …
TOSLS

TOSLS

Purpose The Test of Scientific Literacy Skills (TOSLS) measures skills related to major aspects of scientific literacy, including: Recognizing and analyzing the use of methods of …