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Beta-Test Data on an Assessment of Textbook Problem Solving Ability: An Argument for Right/Wrong Grading?
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Karen Cummings and Jeffrey Marx
We have developed an assessment of students' ability to solve standard textbook style problems and are currently engaged in the validation and revision process. The assessment covers the topics of force and motion, conservation of momentum and conservation of energy at a level consistent with most calculus-based, introductory physics courses. This tool is discussed in more detail in an accompanying paper by Marx and Cummings. [1] Here we present preliminary beta-test data collected at four schools during the 2009/2010 academic year. Data include both pre- and post-instruction results for introductory physics courses as well as results for physics majors in later years. In addition, we present evidence that right/wrong grading may well be a perfectly acceptable grading procedure for a course-level assessment of this type.
Physics Education Research Conference 2010
Part of the PER Conference series Portland, Oregon: July 21-22, 2010 Volume 1289, Pages 113-116
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![]() Cummings, K., & Marx, J. (2010, July 21-22). Beta-Test Data on an Assessment of Textbook Problem Solving Ability: An Argument for Right/Wrong Grading?. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon. Retrieved February 8, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10403&DocID=1875
![]() Cummings, Karen, and Jeffrey Marx. "Beta-Test Data on an Assessment of Textbook Problem Solving Ability: An Argument for Right/Wrong Grading?." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, July 21-22, 2010. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10403&DocID=1875 (accessed 8 February 2025).
![]() Cummings, Karen, and Jeffrey Marx. "Beta-Test Data on an Assessment of Textbook Problem Solving Ability: An Argument for Right/Wrong Grading?." Physics Education Research Conference 2010. Portland, Oregon: 2010. 113-116 Vol. 1289 of PER Conference. 8 Feb. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10403&DocID=1875>.
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Title = {Beta-Test Data on an Assessment of Textbook Problem Solving Ability: An Argument for Right/Wrong Grading?},
BookTitle = {Physics Education Research Conference 2010},
Pages = {113-116},
Address = {Portland, Oregon},
Series = {PER Conference},
Volume = {1289},
Month = {July 21-22},
Year = {2010}
}
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