A. Robertson, L. Goodhew, R. Scherr, and P. Heron, PERC 2017 Proceedings, 332-335.
We present preliminary results from our investigation of introductory physics students’ conceptual resources for understanding forces. We analyzed a total of 1057 student responses…
T. Scott, D. Schumayer, and A. Gray, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 8 (2), 020105 (2012).
We perform a factor analysis on a “Force Concept Inventory” (FCI) data set collected from 2109 respondents. We address two questions: the appearance of conceptual coherence in…
P. Nieminen, A. Savinainen, and J. Viiri, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 6 (2), 020109 (2010).
This study investigates students’ ability to interpret multiple representations consistently (i.e., representational consistency) in the context of the force concept. For this…
R. Rosenblatt, E. Sayre, and A. Heckler, PERC 2009 Proceedings, 245-248.
We have developed a multiple choice test designed to probe students’ conceptual understanding of the relationships among the directions of force, velocity, and acceleration. The test…