What does the Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation pretest measure?

D. Hewagallage, J. Stewart
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The Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation is commonly used to measure the conceptual understanding of Newtonian mechanics. Several studies have reported a substantial difference in pretest scores between men and women. This study examines the contribution of several prior preparation factors to explain the variance in pretest score and whether these factors explain gender differences in the pretest score. The study examined a large sample ( N = 1060 ) of students taking introductory calculus-based mechanics at the university level. Women outperformed men on most prior preparation and college achievement measures. No significant differences between men and women were found in high school physics taking patterns. Linear regression analysis showed only 23% of the variance in FMCE pretest score could be explained using a linear combination of prior preparation variables. Controlling for these variables failed to explain the gender difference in pretest scores; conversely, the gender difference increased controlling for prior preparation.
力与运动概念评估预测试测量的是什么?
力和运动概念评价通常用来衡量对牛顿力学的概念理解。几项研究报告了男性和女性在测试前得分上的巨大差异。本研究考察了几个事前准备因素对前测分数差异的解释,以及这些因素是否解释了前测分数的性别差异。这项研究调查了一个大样本(N = 1060)的学生在大学水平上学习基于微积分的力学入门。女性在大多数前期准备和大学成绩指标上都优于男性。在高中物理学习模式上,男女之间没有显著差异。线性回归分析显示,只有23%的FMCE预试得分方差可以用预先准备变量的线性组合来解释。控制这些变量无法解释测前得分的性别差异;相反,在事先准备的控制下,性别差异增加了。
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