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The Force Concept Inventory: a tool for monitoring student learning

Antti Savinainen1 and Philip Scott2

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The Force Concept Inventory is a multiple-choice test designed to monitor students' understanding of force and related kinematics. In this paper we review the development of the FCI, outline its structure and review findings from its implementation. A case is made for the FCI as a powerful tool for improving both learning and teaching of mechanics.


PACS

01.40.E- Science in school

01.40.Fk Physics education research (cognition, problem solving, etc.)

45.40.-f Dynamics and kinematics of rigid bodies

01.50.My Demonstration experiments and apparatus

01.40.Di Course design and evaluation

Subjects

Mathematical physics

Education and communication

Dates

Issue 1 (January 2002)

Received 16 July 2001



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