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[Phys-l] FCI (Force Concept Inventory) & MBT available in many languages



Please forward this to physics colleagues.


August 19, 2009
The Force Concept Inventory (1995 revision -- I. Halloun, R.R. Hake, E.P.
Mosca, and D. Hestenes) is available (as.pdf) to educators .
Visit <http://modeling.asu.edu> and click on "Research and Evaluation".

* Download English version
* Download Spanish (Espanol) version
* Download Portuguese version
* Download the updated German (Deutsch) verson
* Download Malaysian (Bahasa) version
* Download Chinese version
* Download Finnish (Suomi) version
* Download Turkish (Turkce) version
* Email contact to obtain Swedish version
* Download Russian version
* Download Italian (Italiano) version
* Download Czech version
* Download Greek version
* Download Persian version
* Download Slovak version
* Download French version
(Arabic version expected to be ready in fall 2009)

Note: you will need the password to view any of these files.
For the password, please e-mail David Koch <FCIMBT@verizon.net>. David
is a retired physics teacher who kindly volunteered in August 2009 for this
service.
When you e-mail him, please use your SCHOOL email address, or provide
the URL of your school so that we can confirm that you are a teacher,
rather than a student.

Articles describing FCI:
* D. Hestenes, M. Wells, and G. Swackhamer, Force Concept Inventory, (The
Physics Teacher,1992).
Download Revised Table I and/or Revised Table II from Hestenes' article.
(Same password to open them.)
* D. Hestenes and I. Halloun, Interpreting the FCI.
* I. Halloun and D. Hestenes, Search for Coherence in FCI data
* D. Hestenes, Who Needs Physics Education Research?


The Mechanics Baseline Test (MBT; Hestenes & Wells) is available (as .pdf)
* Download English version
* Download Spanish (Espanol) version
* Download Portuguese version
* Download German (Deutsch) version
* Download Malaysian (Bahasa) version
* Download Finnish (Suomi) version
* Download Turkish (Turkce) version
* Download Italian (Italiano) version
* Download Persian version

We are thankful to the physics faculty and high school physics teachers who
volunteered to make these translations. Please reply to me, Jane Jackson
<jane.jackson@asu.edu>, if you know of translations in more languages, or
if you'd like to translate the FCI or MBT into another language.



Jane Jackson, Co-Director, Modeling Instruction Program
Box 871504, Dept.of Physics, ASU, Tempe, AZ 85287
480-965-8438/fax:965-7565 <http://modeling.asu.edu>
For 18 years, the Modeling Instruction Program has been
helping teachers attain knowledge and skills needed
to benefit their students. Modeling Instruction is
designated as an Exemplary K-12 science program
by the U.S. Department of Education