Exploratory factor analysis of a Force Concept Inventory data set

We perform a factor analysis on a “Force Concept Inventory” (FCI) data set collected from 2109 respondents. We address two questions: the appearance of conceptual coherence in student responses to the FCI and some consequences of this factor analysis on the teaching of Newtonian mechanics. We will h...

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Autores principales:	Terry F. Scott, Daniel Schumayer, Andrew R. Gray
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Publicado:	American Physical Society 2012
Materias:	Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Physics QC1-999
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:de124eafa60a4a6491f8678397633d622021-12-02T11:51:46ZExploratory factor analysis of a Force Concept Inventory data set10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.8.0201051554-9178https://doaj.org/article/de124eafa60a4a6491f8678397633d622012-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.8.020105http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.8.020105https://doaj.org/toc/1554-9178We perform a factor analysis on a “Force Concept Inventory” (FCI) data set collected from 2109 respondents. We address two questions: the appearance of conceptual coherence in student responses to the FCI and some consequences of this factor analysis on the teaching of Newtonian mechanics. We will highlight the apparent conflation of Newton’s third law with Newton’s first law in one of the FCI questions and suggest an approach to teaching that may avoid this issue. We also note the absence of a distinct factor interpretable as relating specifically to kinematics. Furthermore, we identify and discuss some of the technical difficulties which may be encountered when performing factor analysis on categorical data sets, such as is the case with FCI data sets.Terry F. ScottDaniel SchumayerAndrew R. GrayAmerican Physical SocietyarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691PhysicsQC1-999ENPhysical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research, Vol 8, Iss 2, p 020105 (2012)
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description	We perform a factor analysis on a “Force Concept Inventory” (FCI) data set collected from 2109 respondents. We address two questions: the appearance of conceptual coherence in student responses to the FCI and some consequences of this factor analysis on the teaching of Newtonian mechanics. We will highlight the apparent conflation of Newton’s third law with Newton’s first law in one of the FCI questions and suggest an approach to teaching that may avoid this issue. We also note the absence of a distinct factor interpretable as relating specifically to kinematics. Furthermore, we identify and discuss some of the technical difficulties which may be encountered when performing factor analysis on categorical data sets, such as is the case with FCI data sets.
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Exploratory factor analysis of a Force Concept Inventory data set

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