Methodological suggestions for creating subquestions for the Force Concept Inventory (and other research-based assessments)
Michael M Hull,
Jun-ichiro Yasuda,
Naohiro Mae
Abstract:The Force Concept Inventory (FCI) is a research-based assessment that is used internationally to assess student understanding of Newtonian mechanics. The assessment has been investigated from a number of perspectives and many suggestions have been made for its improvement. One suggestion is the creation of subquestions. Subquestions are a tool to reduce false positives (answering a survey item correctly without correct understanding) and false negatives (answering incorrectly despite correct understanding). In… Show more
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