Interdisciplinary Literacy Assessment

In 2009 CMDITR began a process of defining what is critical in interdisciplinary education for its particular domain. A series of interviews and surveys was used to generate a comprehensive outline of the interdisciplinary core content. This serves as the specification for a series diagnostic quizzes that server as portals to the wiki. The idea is that students would take a quiz and then link to the appropriate material that will teach or reteach the identified concept.

Example <quiz display=simple> {How does a graded index optical fiber reduce losses? |type="()"} - It makes it more transparent. || No. Better see Dispersion. + It decreases modal dispersion. || Yes. The continuous changing index of refraction means that light from different propagation modes will be refracted varying amounts thus bringing them back into synchrony so they propagate at the same speed. - It decrease profile dispersion. || No. Better see Profile Dispersion. - It uses more optimal carrier wavelengths. || No. Please see Telecommunications wavelength.

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