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A Statics Concept Inventory: Development and Psychometric Analysis
Author(s) -
Steif Paul S.,
Dantzler John A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.896
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 2168-9830
pISSN - 1069-4730
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2005.tb00864.x
Subject(s) - statics , concept inventory , psychology , test (biology) , comparative statics , isolation (microbiology) , mathematics education , physics , classical mechanics , paleontology , macroeconomics , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , biology
A quantification of conceptual understanding of students in statics was undertaken. Drawing on a prior study identifying the fundamental concepts and typical student errors in statics, multiple choice questions were devised to probe students' ability to use concepts in isolation. This paper describes a testing instrument comprising such questions, as well as psychometric analyses of test results of 245 students at five universities.