Analyzing false positives of four questions in the Force Concept Inventory

In this study, we analyze the systematic error from false positives of the Force Concept Inventory (FCI). We compare the systematic errors of question 6 (Q.6), Q.7, and Q.16, for which clearly erroneous reasoning has been found, with Q.5, for which clearly erroneous reasoning has not been found. We...

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Main Authors: Jun-ichiro Yasuda, Naohiro Mae, Michael M. Hull, Masa-aki Taniguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2018-03-01
Series:Physical Review Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.14.010112