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Fazio, Claudio; Battaglia, Onofrio R. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2019
The Force Concept Inventory is a multiple-choice test and is one of the most popular and most analyzed concept inventories. It is used to investigate student understanding of Newtonian mechanics. A structured approach to data analysis can transform it in a "diagnostic" instrument that can validate inferences about student thinking. In…
Descriptors: Mechanics (Physics), Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, College Freshmen
Wells, James; Henderson, Rachel; Stewart, John; Stewart, Gay; Yang, Jie; Traxler, Adrienne – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
Module analysis for multiple-choice responses (MAMCR) was applied to a large sample of Force Concept Inventory (FCI) pretest and post-test responses (N[subscript pre] = 4509 and N[subscript post] = 4716) to replicate the results of the original MAMCR study and to understand the origins of the gender differences reported in a previous study of this…
Descriptors: Physics, Misconceptions, Science Tests, Scientific Concepts