Resumen de Using Force Concept Inventory Data to Develop Impactful Class Activities
Examination of my students’ individual gains on the Force Concept Inventory (FCI) over the course of several semesters led to the realization that student pretest knowledge on certain key questions appeared to be correlated to enhanced gain during the class. Acting under the hypothesis that early intervention aimed at helping the class perform better on those select key questions might result in enhanced test-wide gains, I developed two class activities targeted at just one of the key questions. I have tested those activities over the course of four semesters and there is evidence that they significantly increased the class-wide normalized gains on the FCI.
