Comparing the force and motion conceptual evaluation and the force concept inventory

In this paper we compare and contrast student’s pretest/post-test performance on the Halloun-Hestenes force concept inventory (FCI) to the Thornton-Sokoloff force and motion conceptual evaluation (FMCE). Both tests are multiple-choice assessment instruments whose results are used to characterize how...

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Main Authors: Karen Cummings, Dennis Kuhl, Ronald K Thornton, Jeffrey Marx
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2009-03-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.010105