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

[John Mallinckrodt <ajm@csupomona.edu>]

These are clearly preinstruction results.  Moreover, the item  
analysis strongly suggests that these students have had no previous  
instruction at any level in the physics concept of "force."  The low  
scoring items are "identify the force" type questions while all of  
the high scoring items are "what would the object do (in the absence  
of any net force other than gravity)" questions.  Untutored students  
have at least some useful experience in the latter case.

So the good news is that you should be able to look for a large  
normalized gain on the post-test!

John Mallinckrodt
Cal Poly Pomona

On Aug 24, 2009, at 8:11 AM, Thomas O'Neill wrote:

> Jane,
>   I gave the FCI to 72 students last week and the mean scaore was  
> 6.2 with a std. dev of 3.1.  The item analysis was shown below
> 1	39
> 2	13
> 3	15
> 4	5
> 5	5
> 6	31
> 7	24
> 8	12
> 9	27
> 10	7
> 11	2
> 12	43
> 13	5
> 14	17
> 15	5
> 16	24
> 17	3
> 18	1
> 19	22
> 20	3
> 21	21
> 22	13
> 23	15
> 24	35
> 25	2
> 26	2
> 27	28
> 28	9
> 29	8
> 30	4
> Where the first number is the question and the second number is the  
> number of correct answers out of 72.
>
>
> ---- Original message ----
> > Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:42:49 -0700
> > From: jane.jackson@asu.edu (Jane Jackson)
> > Subject: [Phys-l] FCI (Force Concept Inventory) & MBT available in  
> > many languages
> > To: PHYSLRNR@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU, phys- 
> > l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu, physhare@lists.psu.edu, ap- 
> > physics@lyris.collegeboard.com, PHYSOC@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU,  
> > physicsfirst@lists.aapt.org, ctp-l@lists.aapt.org
> > Cc: David Koch <FCIMBT@verizon.net>
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
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> Take care.
>
> THO
>
> Thomas O'Neill
> Physics Instructor
> James Madison University
> Shenandoah Valley Governor's School
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