C. Manogue and E. Gire,
PERC 2009 Proceedings, 19-22.
One of the primary goals, as students transition from the lower-division to upper-division courses is to facilitate the cognitive development needed for work as a physicist. The…
L. Ding and R. Beichner,
Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 5 (2), 020103 (2009).
This paper introduces five commonly used approaches to analyzing multiple-choice test data. They are classical test theory, factor analysis, cluster analysis, item response theory,…
X. Zou,
PERC 2007 Proceedings, 212-215.
To help students develop the scientific abilities desired in the 21st century workplace, four different types of student design tasks—observation, verification, application, and…
E. Torigoe and G. Gladding,
PERC 2007 Proceedings, 200-203.
This paper is part of an ongoing investigation of how students use and understand mathematics in introductory physics. Our previous research [1] revealed that differences in score as…