NDLI: Development of a concept inventory for strength of materials

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Richardson, J. Steif, P. Morgan, J. Dantzler, J.
Copyright Year	2003
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Civil Eng., Alabama Univ., Birmingham, AL, USA (Richardson, J.)
Abstract	With the success of David Hestenes's force concept inventory, many educators are now working on developing concept inventories for other subjects such as math, biology and engineering science. Development of a useful concept inventory is not easy, however. This paper describes development of two concept inventories for strength of materials, the first of which was a failure. Psychometric testing of this concept inventory indicated serious deficiencies. A new and larger project team was assembled (including the second author) to develop a better inventory. The results of the psychometric analysis of the first inventory, which showed its shortcomings, are first presented, followed by the improved development procedure for the second inventory. Finally, the lessons learned developing first a failed inventory and then a promising inventory are discussed.
Sponsorship	IEEE Educ. Soc. IEEE Comput. Soc. American Soc. for Eng. Educ. (Educ. Res. and Method Div.)
File Size	336427
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780379616
ISSN	01905848
DOI	10.1109/FIE.2003.1263342
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2003-11-05
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Psychology Psychometric testing Problem-solving Biological materials Knowledge engineering Equations Education Biology Assembly Physics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Computer Science Applications Software

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