scholarly journals Analyzing force concept inventory with item response theory

2010 ◽  
Vol 78 (10) ◽  
pp. 1064-1070 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Wang ◽  
Lei Bao
Keyword(s):  
Item Response Theory ◽  
Item Response ◽  
Concept Inventory ◽  
Response Theory ◽  
Force Concept Inventory ◽  
Force Concept

scholarly journals Development and Validation of the Conceptual Assessment of Natural Selection (CANS)

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. ar64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven T. Kalinowski ◽  
Mary J. Leonard ◽  
Mark L. Taper
Keyword(s):  
Natural Selection ◽  
Item Response ◽  
Expert Panel ◽  
Concept Inventory ◽  
Choice Test ◽  
Multiple Choice Test ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
Force Concept Inventory ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Force Concept

We developed and validated the Conceptual Assessment of Natural Selection (CANS), a multiple-choice test designed to assess how well college students understand the central principles of natural selection. The expert panel that reviewed the CANS concluded its questions were relevant to natural selection and generally did a good job sampling the specific concepts they were intended to assess. Student interviews confirmed questions on the CANS provided accurate reflections of how students think about natural selection. And, finally, statistical analysis of student responses using item response theory showed that the CANS did a very good job of estimating how well students understood natural selection. The empirical reliability of the CANS was substantially higher than the Force Concept Inventory, a highly regarded test in physics that has a similar purpose.

scholarly journals An item response curves analysis of the Force Concept Inventory

2012 ◽  
Vol 80 (9) ◽  
pp. 825-831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary A. Morris ◽  
Nathan Harshman ◽  
Lee Branum-Martin ◽  
Eric Mazur ◽  
Taha Mzoughi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Item Response ◽  
Concept Inventory ◽  
Response Curves ◽  
Force Concept Inventory ◽  
Force Concept

Erratum: “An item response curves analysis of the force concept inventory” [Am. J. Phys. 80, 825–831 (2012)]

2013 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-144
Author(s):  
Gary A. Morris ◽  
Nathan Harshman ◽  
Lee Branum-Martin ◽  
Eric Mazur ◽  
Taha Mzoughi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Item Response ◽  
Concept Inventory ◽  
Response Curves ◽  
Force Concept Inventory ◽  
Force Concept
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