August, 2013
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.
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'd like 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