Using cluster analysis to identify patterns in students’ responses to contextually different conceptual problems

This study examined the evolution of student responses to seven contextually different versions of two Force Concept Inventory questions in an introductory physics course at the University of Arkansas. The consistency in answering the closely related questions evolved little over the seven-question...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: John Stewart, Mayo Miller, Christine Audo, Gay Stewart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2012-10-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.8.020112