Research

FCI (Force Concept Inventory)

• Background

• The revised Force Concept Inventory (I. Halloun, R.R. Hake, E.P. Mosca, and D. Hestenes) is available (as a .pdf file) at this site to authorized educators. To download the file, [click-hold] (Macintosh) or [right-click] (Wintel) on the link and choose [Save this link as], then specify where you want the file to be saved. Be sure to choose [Source] rather than [Text] as the format. To view this file once you have downloaded it, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader (download free from Adobe) and a password. To obtain the password, email a request to Larry Dukerich <Dukerich@asu.edu>.
• Download English version

• Download Spanish version

Note: you will need the password to view any of these files.

Articles describing FCI

• Force Concept Inventory. 1992. The Physics Teacher. 30, 141-158.
• Download Interpreting the FCI. 1992. The Physics Teacher. 33, 502-506.
• Download Search for Coherence in FCI data.

MBT (Mechanics Baseline Test)

• Background

• The Mechanics Baseline Test (Hestenes & Wells) is available (as a .pdf file) at this site to qualified educators. To view this file once you have downloaded it, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader (download free from Adobe) and a password. To obtain the password, email a request to Larry Dukerich <Dukerich@asu.edu>.

• Download English version

Articles describing MBT

• Mechanics Baseline Test. 1992. The Physics Teacher. 30, 159-166.

VASS (Views About Sciences Survey)

• Synopsis

• The VASS is available in a number of forms (as .pdf files) at this site to authorized educators. Also available are directions for its administration. To view any of these files once you have downloaded it, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader (download free from Adobe) and a password. To obtain the password, email a request to Larry Dukerich <Dukerich@asu.edu>.

Physics

Chemistry

Biology

Mathematics

Articles describing VASS

• Download VASS Results (ICUPE 96)
• Download Interpreting VASS

Evaluation

last updated on 9/4/98