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Zavala, Genaro; Tejeda, Santa; Barniol, Pablo; Beichner, Robert J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2017
In this article, we present several modifications to the Test of Understanding Graphs in Kinematics. The most significant changes are (i) the addition and removal of items to achieve parallelism in the objectives (dimensions) of the test, thus allowing comparisons of students' performance that were not possible with the original version, and (ii)…
Descriptors: Graphs, Test Items, Test Construction, Science Tests
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Lichtenberger, A.; Wagner, C.; Hofer, S. I.; Stem, E.; Vaterlaus, A. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2017
The kinematics concept test (KCT) is a multiple-choice test designed to evaluate students' conceptual understanding of kinematics at the high school level. The test comprises 49 multiple-choice items about velocity and acceleration, which are based on seven kinematic concepts and which make use of three different representations. In the first part…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Psychometrics, Multiple Choice Tests