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Xie, Li; Liu, Qiaoyi; Lu, Hui; Wang, Qingyong; Han, Jing; Feng, XiuMei; Bao, Lei – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
A deep understanding of mechanical waves is crucial for students to succeed in studying many advanced physics topics. Studies in existing literature have revealed that students often have widespread difficulties and misconceptions on wave propagation. This research develops and applies a conceptual framework model to examine students'…
Descriptors: Physics, Scientific Concepts, Mechanics (Physics), Comprehension
Xiao, Yang; Xu, Guiqing; Han, Jing; Xiao, Hua; Xiong, Jianwen; Bao, Lei – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
Concept inventories (CIs) are commonly used in pre-post instruction to study student conceptual change. For consistency in assessment interpretation, a CI's assessment construct is desired to maintain invariance across different test times. In this study, the longitudinal measurement invariance (LMI) analysis under the confirmatory factor analysis…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Mechanics (Physics)
Chen, Qingwei; Zhu, Guangtian; Liu, Qiaoyi; Han, Jing; Fu, Zhao; Bao, Lei – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
Problem-solving categorization tasks have been well studied and used as an effective tool for assessment of student knowledge structure. In this study, a traditional free-response categorization test has been modified into a multiple-choice format, and the effectiveness of this new assessment is evaluated. Through randomized testing with Chinese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Construction, Multiple Choice Tests, Problem Solving
Xu, Wangyi; Liu, Qiaoyi; Koenig, Kathleen; Fritchman, Joseph; Han, Jing; Pan, Sudong; Bao, Lei – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
Momentum is a foundational concept in physics. Although it is often taught in introductory mechanics courses, there are a limited number of studies on this topic in the literature. The results from these studies have consistently shown that students have difficulties in understanding momentum, especially the connections between net force, time,…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Introductory Courses
Xiao, Yang; Fritchman, Joseph C.; Bao, Jacqueline Y.; Nie, Ying; Han, Jing; Xiong, Jianwen; Xiao, Hua; Bao, Lei – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
In physics education research (PER), concept inventories (CIs) have become standard instruments for assessing students' learning throughout instruction. To promote widespread use of concept inventories, previous studies have developed an approach to split a full length CI into short versions of CIs. This research extends the existing method to…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Energy, Magnets
Xiao, Yang; Koenig, Kathleen; Han, Jing; Liu, Jing; Liu, Qiaoyi; Bao, Lei – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
Standardized concept inventories (CIs) have been widely used in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education for assessment of student learning. In practice, there have been concerns regarding the length of the test and possible test-retest memory effect. To address these issues, a recent study developed a method to split a CI into…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Science Tests, Energy, Magnets
Bao, Lei; Xiao, Yang; Koenig, Kathleen; Han, Jing – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2018
In science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education there has been increased emphasis on teaching goals that include not only the learning of content knowledge but also the development of scientific reasoning skills. The Lawson classroom test of scientific reasoning (LCTSR) is a popular assessment instrument for scientific reasoning.…
Descriptors: Science Tests, Science Process Skills, Logical Thinking, Test Validity
Xiao, Yang; Han, Jing; Koenig, Kathleen; Xiong, Jianwen; Bao, Lei – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2018
Assessment instruments composed of two-tier multiple choice (TTMC) items are widely used in science education as an effective method to evaluate students' sophisticated understanding. In practice, however, there are often concerns regarding the common scoring methods of TTMC items, which include pair scoring and individual scoring schemes. The…
Descriptors: Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Item Response Theory, Multiple Choice Tests, Case Studies
Han, Jing; Koenig, Kathleen; Cui, Lili; Fritchman, Joseph; Li, Dan; Sun, Wanyi; Fu, Zhao; Bao, Lei – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2016
In a recent study, the 30-question Force Concept Inventory (FCI) was theoretically split into two 14-question "half-length" tests (HFCIs) covering the same set of concepts and producing mean scores that can be equated to those of the original FCI. The HFCIs require less administration time and reduce test-retest issues when different…
Descriptors: Physics, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction, College Science
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