VALIDATING PROPOSED LEARNING PROGRESSIONS ON FORCE AND MOTION USING THE FORCE CONCEPT INVENTORY: FINDINGS FROM SINGAPORE SECONDARY SCHOOLS

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• 作者：Gavin W. Fulmer
• 关键词：force ; Force Concept Inventory ; learning progressions ; Newton’s laws ; physics education ; Rasch modeling ; science education
• 刊名：International Journal of Science & Math Education
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：13
• 期：6
• 页码：1235-1254
• 全文大小：362 KB
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• 作者单位：Gavin W. Fulmer (1)
  
  1. National Institute of Education (Singapore), 1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore, 637616, Singapore
  
• 刊物类别：Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
• 刊物主题：Education
  Mathematics Education
  Science Education
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-1774

文摘

This study examines the validity of 2 proposed learning progressions on the force concept when tested using items from the Force Concept Inventory (FCI). This is the first study to compare students-performance with respect to learning progressions both for force and motion and for Newton’s third law in parallel. It is also among the first studies on learning progressions within an East Asian context. Data come from 174 Singaporean secondary students who completed the FCI during regular school time. FCI questions are coded as ordered multiple choice items based on the respective learning progressions, and responses are analyzed using a rating scale Rasch measurement model. Results show that FCI items have moderate data-model fit and demonstrate the expected pattern of difficulty among levels of the learning progressions. However, scale reliability and fit for the thresholds between levels showed limitations. The students-ability estimates for Newton’s third law were higher than for force and motion, contrary to expectation about the relationship between the 2 aspects of force. The paper discusses the connection of these results with the curriculum and implications for learning progressions for the force concept. Directions for future research on instruments for use with learning progressions are also discussed. Key words force Force Concept Inventory learning progressions Newton’s laws physics education Rasch modeling science education