Applying clustering to statistical analysis of student reasoning about two-dimensional kinematics

We use clustering, an analysis method not presently common to the physics education research community, to group and characterize student responses to written questions about two-dimensional kinematics. Previously, clustering has been used to analyze multiple-choice data; we analyze free-response da...

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Main Authors: John R. Thompson, R. Padraic Springuel, Michael C. Wittmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2007-12-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
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Online Access:http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRSTPER/v3/e020107