The Development of a Standardized Assessment for Introductory Physics Courses

物理入门课程标准化评估的发展

• 批准号: 0737181
• 负责人: Aaron Titus
• 金额: $ 7.5万
• 依托单位: High Point University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-08-01 至 2012-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0737181&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Development; Standardized; Assessment; Introductory; Physics

Physics (13) Intellectual merit: The project is beginning the development and testing of a standard assessment to measure student understanding of physics. The assessment in this project is more inclusive than existing standard assessments and can be used across colleges and universities to help evaluate the effectiveness of both traditionally and non-traditionally taught physics courses. There are currently other standard assessment instruments available, such as the Force Concept Inventory (FCI) or the Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation (FMCE), However, a more comprehensive assessment is needed in order to test other areas and student skills that are not included in current assessments.The standardized exam in this project aims to a) be appropriate for assessing both traditional and non-traditional courses; b) include problems of different formats (e.g. free response, multiple choice, computer-based) and of different problem types (e.g. conceptual, multi-step, ranking tasks, context-rich problems, and graphing problems), choosing the format and problem type based on what is being assessed; c) be based on physics education research; d) encompass topics covered in a two-semester physics course. Such an exam is being piloted in this project.Broader impacts: Physics courses are taught in many formats. In addition to including more topics, the exam is including skills, such as laboratory and modeling skills and critical thinking in the context of physics, that constitute a broader measure of student learning.

物理（13）智力价值：该项目开始开发和测试一种标准评估，以衡量学生对物理的理解。该项目的评估比现有的标准评估更具包容性，可以在各高校中使用，以帮助评估传统和非传统教学物理课程的有效性。目前有其他标准的评估工具可用，如力概念清单（FCI）或力和运动概念评估（FMCE），然而，需要更全面的评估，以测试其他领域和学生的技能，不包括在目前的评估。该项目的标准化考试旨在a)适合评估传统和非传统课程；B)包括不同形式的问题（如自由回答、选择题、基于计算机的问题）和不同类型的问题（如概念性、多步骤、排序任务、上下文丰富的问题和图形问题），根据被评估的内容选择形式和问题类型；C)基于物理教育的研究；D)包含两个学期物理课程的主题。这种考试正在本项目中试行。更广泛的影响：物理课程以多种形式教授。除了包括更多的主题，考试还包括技能，如实验室和建模技能以及物理背景下的批判性思维，这些都是对学生学习的更广泛衡量。