The Development of a Standardized Assessment for Introductory Physics Courses

物理（13）智力价值：该项目正在开始制定和测试一项标准评估，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，可用于各学院和大学，以帮助评估传统和非传统物理课程的有效性。目前有其他标准的评估工具，如力概念量表（FCI）或力和运动概念评估（FMCE），然而，为了测试其他领域和学生的技能，目前的评估不包括在内，需要一个更全面的评估。本项目的标准化考试旨在：a）适合评估传统和非传统课程; B）包括不同格式的问题（例如自由回答，多项选择，基于计算机）和不同问题类型的问题（例如概念，多步骤，排名任务，上下文丰富的问题和图形问题），根据评估内容选择格式和问题类型; c）基于物理教育研究; d）包含两学期物理课程中涵盖的主题。 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外，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，这些技能构成了对学生学习的更广泛衡量。

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.