Developed by Jane Jackson
| Purpose | To assess students’ understanding of the most basic concepts in Newtonian physics using everyday language and common-sense distractors, using contexts that are more "everyday" or "feminine. |
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| Format | Pre/post, Multiple-choice |
| Duration | 30 min |
| Focus | Mechanics Content knowledge (kinematics, forces) |
| Level | Intro college, High school |
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Sample question from the FC-FCI:
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Research Validation Summary
Based on Research Into:
- Student thinking
Studied Using:
- Student interviews
- Expert review
- Appropriate statistical analysis
Research Conducted:
- At multiple institutions
- By multiple research groups
- Peer-reviewed publication
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The FC-FCI is on one of several variations of the original Force Concept Inventory, all of which have the same answer key:
- The Gender FCI (aka Everyday FCI) uses the same questions and answer choices as the original FCI, but changes the contexts to make them more "everyday" or "feminine" (McCullough & Meltzer, 2001; McCullough, 2011).
- The Animated FCI takes the original FCI questions and animates the diagrams, so it is given on a computer. (Dancy and Beichner, 2006)
- The Familiar Context FCI was adapted from the Gender FCI by Jane Jackson.
- The Simplified FCI was adapted from the original FCI by Jane Jackson for ninth grade physics. It was written at a 7th grade reading level and includes more illustrations, but assesses the same concepts. (Osborn Popp and Jackson 2009)
The latest version of the FC-FCI, V2003, was released in March 2003. This "familiar contexts" version of the FCI is an adaptation of the Gender FCI, which was adapted from the original FCI by Laura McCullough. In March 2003, Jane Jackson made these changes from Laura McCullough's version 3, with her approval: questions #8-11 are the same as the 1995 revision; the wording of questions #1, 13, and 26 were slightly changed to clarify the situations.
Variations
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Force Concept InventoryContent knowledge Mechanics (kinematics, forces)Intro college, High school Pre/post, Multiple-choice |
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Gender FCIContent knowledge Mechanics (kinematics, forces)Intro college, High school Pre/post, Multiple-choice |
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Simplified Force Concept InventoryContent knowledge Mechanics (kinematics, forces)High school, Middle school Pre/post, Multiple-choice |
