Evaluating an electricity and magnetism assessment tool: Brief electricity and magnetism assessment

dc.creator	Robert Beichner
dc.creator	Bruce Sherwood
dc.creator	Ruth Chabay
dc.creator	Lin Ding
dc.date	2006-03-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:07:22Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:07:22Z
dc.identifier	1554-9178
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/f5093e544c2843b980684fdecd8c0a78
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/11153
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/f5093e544c2843b980684fdecd8c0a78
dc.description	The Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment (BEMA), developed by Chabay and Sherwood, was designed to assess student understanding of basic electricity and magnetism concepts covered in college-level calculus-based introductory physics courses. To evaluate the reliability and discriminatory power of this assessment tool, we performed statistical tests focusing both on item analyses (item difficulty index, item discrimination index, and item point biserial coefficient) and on the entire test (test reliability and Ferguson’s delta). The results indicate that BEMA is a reliable assessment tool.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	American Physical Society
dc.relation	http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRSTPER/v2/e010105
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1554-9178
dc.source	Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research, Vol 2, Iss 1 (2006)
dc.subject	BEMA
dc.subject	Assessment tool
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Evaluating an electricity and magnetism assessment tool: Brief electricity and magnetism assessment
dc.type	Article