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ERIC Number: EJ652855
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-9505
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Concentration Analysis: A Quantitative Assessment of Student States.
Bao, Lei; Redish, Edward F.
American Journal of Physics, v69 n7 pS45-S53 Jul 2001
Explains that multiple-choice tests such as the Force Concept Inventory (FCI) provide useful instruments to probe the distribution of student difficulties on a large scale. Introduces a new method, concentration analysis, to measure how students' responses on multiple-choice questions are distributed. (Contains 18 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Physics, Science Education, Student Evaluation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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