Hello
My boss wants me to give a presentation on the assesment of students I have done. I have used the Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation. She has seen this and has told me it is invalid for my student population. THe reason: the questions are too long and wordy since my population is half non-native students.
SO the question is Has there been any research into how non-native speakers of english do on these conceptual evaluation.
Also, she doenst want conceptual evaluations. She wants them to work problems. I tell her that is not where the research is pointing but she says that conceptual is unfair.
I dunno, I ask you
Tina
Tina Fanetti
Physics Instructor
Western Iowa Technical Community College
4647 Stone Ave
Sioux City IA 51102
712-274-8733 ext 1429