Teachers’ Views on Force and Motion: Towards the Development of Two-tier Test

Abstract

The aim of the study was to develop a two-tier multiple-choice quality assessment tool based from the views of teachers. The study employed descriptive design with qualitative analysis. The researchers interviewed and employed the test to science teachers who specialize physics, biology and chemistry. The researchers utilized 15 multiple-choice tests about motion have been validated by experts. The result shows alternative conceptions on force and motion are the definition of nonzero value and how to interpret graphs of motion, whether it is distance, velocity or acceleration time graph.  The study suggests that getting views, whether teachers or students prior to testing, is a big help in doing a quality assessment tool.  Ping this test, firstly, content boundaries, learning objectives and alternative conceptions were identified.