Gender differences in the Force Concept Inventory for different educational levels in the United Kingdom

The Force Concept Inventory (FCI) is widely used to investigate the effect of education level on conceptual understanding of Newtonian mechanics but has only recently been scrutinized for gender effects and retention. This study examines both the gender gap in first year physics undergraduates compa...

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Main Author: Matthew Mears
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2019-10-01
Series:Physical Review Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.15.020135