August, 2014
The Force Concept Inventory (1995 revision -- I. Halloun, R.R. Hake,
E.P. Mosca, and D. Hestenes) is available (as password-protected.pdf)
in 21 languages, to educators .
Visit <http://modeling.asu.edu> and click on "Research and Evaluation".
Articles about the FCI by David Hestenes and others can be downloaded there.
The Mechanics Baseline Test (MBT; Hestenes & Wells) is available (as
password-protected .pdf) in 11 languages, at that webpage.
We are thankful to 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 want to translate the FCI or MBT into another
language.
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cheers,
Jane
Jane Jackson, Co-Director, Modeling Instruction Program
Box 871504, Dept. of Physics, ASU, Tempe, AZ 85287
Jane.Jackson@asu.edu http://modeling.asu.edu
AMTA lifetime member http://modelinginstruction.org
"Conceptual learning is a creative act, coordinating mental models
with symbolic forms. This contrasts with rote learning, which is
memorizing representational names, rules and procedures apart from
conceptual structure and meaning." -- David Hestenes