Examination of quantitative methods for analyzing data from concept inventories

• Published in: Physical review. Physics education research Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 010141 - 10153
• Main Authors: Burkholder, Eric, Walsh, Cole, Holmes, N. G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: College Park American Physical Society 01.06.2020
• Subjects: Data Analysis; Data Interpretation; Educational Research; Educational Researchers; Effect Size; Exhibits; Learning; Low Achievement; Multiple Regression Analysis; Opportunities; Physics; Pretesting; Pretests Posttests; Questions; Regression (Statistics); Research Methodology; Science Education; Science Tests; Scores; Social Sciences; Statistical analysis; Student Evaluation; Test Results

Physics education research (PER) has long used concept inventories to investigate student learning over time and to compare performance across various student subpopulations. PER has traditionally used normalized gain to explore these questions but has begun to use established methods from other fie...