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Han, Jing; Bao, Lei; Chen, Li; Cai, Tianfang; Pi, Yuan; Zhou, Shaona; Tu, Yan; Koenig, Kathleen – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2015
The Force Concept Inventory (FCI) is a 30-question multiple-choice assessment that has been a building block for much of the physics education research done today. In practice, there are often concerns regarding the length of the test and possible test-retest effects. Since many studies in the literature use the mean score of the FCI as the…
Descriptors: Physics, Multiple Choice Tests, Science Instruction, Scores
Ding, Lin; Reay, Neville W.; Lee, Albert; Bao, Lei – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2008
Pre-testing and post-testing is a commonly used method in Physics Education Research to assess student learning gains. It is well recognized in the community that timings and incentives in delivering conceptual tests can impact test results. However, it is difficult to control these variables across different studies. As a common practice, a…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Education, Pretests Posttests, Student Evaluation
Bao, Lei; Redish, Edward F. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2006
Decades of education research have shown that students can simultaneously possess alternate knowledge frameworks and that the development and use of such knowledge are context dependent. As a result of extensive qualitative research, standardized multiple-choice tests such as Force Concept Inventory and Force-Motion Concept Evaluation tests…
Descriptors: Physics, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, Prior Learning
Ding, Lin; Reay, Neville; Lee, Albert; Bao, Lei – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2011
It is well documented that when solving problems experts first search for underlying concepts while students tend to look for equations and previously worked examples. The overwhelming majority of end-of-chapter (EOC) problems in most introductory physics textbooks contain only material and examples discussed in a single chapter, rarely requiring…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, College Science, Introductory Courses
Pritchard, David E.; Lee, Young-Jin; Bao, Lei – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2008
We present mathematical learning models--predictions of student's knowledge vs amount of instruction--that are based on assumptions motivated by various theories of learning: tabula rasa, constructivist, and tutoring. These models predict the improvement (on the post-test) as a function of the pretest score due to intervening instruction and also…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Constructivism (Learning), Pretests Posttests, Prior Learning