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Parker, Mark; Hedgeland, Holly; Jordan, Sally and Braithwaite, N St.J
(2022).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30935/scimath/12680
Abstract
The study covers the development and testing of the alternative mechanics survey (AMS), a modified force concept inventory (FCI), which used automatically marked free-response questions. Data were collected over a period of three academic years from 611 participants who were taking physics classes at high school and university level. A total of 8,091 question responses were gathered to develop and test the AMS. The AMS questions were tested for reliability using classical test theory (CTT). The AMS computer marking rules were tested for
reliability using inter-rater reliability (IRR). Findings from the CTT and IRR studies demonstrated that the AMS questions and marking rules were overall reliable. Therefore, the AMS was established as a physics concept inventory which uses automatically-marked, free-response
questions. The approach used to develop and test the AMS could be used in further attempts to develop concept inventories which make use of automatically-marked, free-response questions.
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- 2301-251X
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Funded Project Name Project ID Funding Body Not Set Not Set The Open University (OU) - Keywords
- computer-marked assessment; automated marking; concept inventories; free response questions; physics education
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Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Physical Sciences - Research Group
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- Sally Jordan