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Using the Rasch model to analyze the test of understanding of vectors
Physical Review Physics Education Research, 14 (2018), 2; 023101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.14.023101
Sušac, Ana; Planinić, Maja; Klemenčić, Damjan; Milin Šipuš, Željka

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Sušac, A., Planinić, M., Klemenčić, D. & Milin Šipuš, Ž. (2018). Using the Rasch model to analyze the test of understanding of vectors. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 14. (2). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.14.023101

Sušac, Ana, et al. "Using the Rasch model to analyze the test of understanding of vectors." Physical Review Physics Education Research, vol. 14, no. 2, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.14.023101

Sušac, Ana, Maja Planinić, Damjan Klemenčić and Željka Milin Šipuš. "Using the Rasch model to analyze the test of understanding of vectors." Physical Review Physics Education Research 14, no. 2 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.14.023101

Sušac, A., et al. (2018) 'Using the Rasch model to analyze the test of understanding of vectors', Physical Review Physics Education Research, 14(2). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.14.023101

Sušac A, Planinić M, Klemenčić D, Milin Šipuš Ž. Using the Rasch model to analyze the test of understanding of vectors. Physical Review Physics Education Research [Internet]. 2018 [cited 2024 December 23];14(2). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.14.023101

A. Sušac, M. Planinić, D. Klemenčić and Ž. Milin Šipuš, "Using the Rasch model to analyze the test of understanding of vectors", Physical Review Physics Education Research, vol. 14, no. 2, 2018. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:217:478516. [Accessed: 23 December 2024]

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Title (english)Using the Rasch model to analyze the test of understanding of vectors
AuthorAna Sušac
MBZ: 236434
AuthorMaja Planinić
MBZ: 184526
AuthorDamjan Klemenčić
AuthorŽeljka Milin Šipuš
MBZ: 129806
Author's institutionUniversity of Zagreb
Faculty of Science
(Department of Physics)
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		NATURAL SCIENCES
Physics
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		NATURAL SCIENCES
Mathematics
Abstract (english)
The test of understanding of vectors (TUV) is a multiple-choice test that was recently developed to assess student understanding of vector concepts required in introductory physics courses at the university level. In this study, the TUV was administered to 889 first-year students at the University of Zagreb. The Rasch model was used to evaluate the functioning of the TUV, and to determine the difficulty scale of vector concepts evaluated by this assessment instrument. The results of the Rasch analysis showed a good functioning of test items. However, the TUV was not well targeted to our sample of first-year engineering and science students in introductory physics courses. About half of the students had abilities outside the range of item difficulties, indicating that the TUV would benefit from including more difficult items that would help to better estimate the abilities of these students. Further analysis of the data from subpopulations in our sample showed that the TUV can be well targeted for certain student populations. Students’ scores suggest that the most difficult vector concept tested by the TUV is the unit vector, followed by the cross product, subtraction of vectors, dot product, and direction of a vector.
Keywords (english)
Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Original scientific paper
Publication statusPublished
Peer reviewPeer review - international
Publication versionPublished version
Journal titlePhysical Review Physics Education Research
Numberingvol. 14, no. 2, 023101
p-ISSN2469-9896
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.14.023101
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:217:478516
Publication2018
Document URLhttps://journals.aps.org/prper/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.14.023101
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Public notePublished by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Received 23 September 2018; published 6 December 2018. Published by the American Physical Society.
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