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Mechanics
- Force Concept Inventory (FCI)
- Representational Variant of the Force Concept Inventory (R-FCI)
- Force-Motion Conceptual Evaluation (FMCE)
- Physics Education Researchers at University of Maine have developed a template which can be used to analyze pre-post FMCE data
- Mechanics Baseline Test (MBT)
- Test of Understanding Graphs in Kinematics (TUG-K)
- Obtained this test by emailing Robert J. Beichner.
- Beichner describing the development of the test.
- Kinematics graph interpretation project at North Carolina State University.
- Energy and Momentum Conceptual Survey (EMCS)
- More information about EMCS
- Energy Conceptual Assessment (ECA)
- Rotational and Rolling Motion Conceptual Survey (RRMCS)
- More information about RRMCS
- Test of Understanding Vectors (TUV)
- Supplementary material which describes the development of the test
- The Dynamics Concept Inventory (DCI)
- The Fluid Mechanics Concept Inventory (FMCI)
- Strength of Materials Concept Inventory Assessment (SMCI)
- More information about SMCI
Electricity and Magnetism
- Conceptual Survey of Electricity (
CSE), Conceptual Survey of Magnetism (CSM) and Conceptual Survey of Electricity and Magnetism (CSEM)- Acquire these surveys by emailing David Maloney
- Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment (BEMA)
- Diagnostic Exam for an undergraduate, introductory Electricity and Magnetism course (DEEM)
- Symmetry and Gauss’s Law Conceptual Evaluation (SGCE)
- Magnetism Conceptual Survey (MCS)
- Rate (of change) and Potential Tests (RAPT)
- See this assessment by emailing Robert Beichner
- Students’ understanding of direct current resistive electrical circuits (DIRECT)
- The Electric Circuits Concept Evaluation (EECE)
- Physics Education Researchers at University of Maine have developed a template which can be used to analyze pre-post EECE data
- Electronics Concept Inventory (ECI)
- Electromagnetics Concept Inventories (EMCI): fields (EMCI-fields) and waves (EMCI-waves)
- Colorado Upper-Division Electrostatics (CUE) Assessments
- Colorado UppeR-division ElectrodyNamics Test (CURrENT)
Heat, Temperature and Thermodynamics
- Introductory Thermal Concept Evaluation (ITCE)
- The Heat and Temperature Conceptual Evaluation (HTCE)
- Physics Education Researchers at University of Maine have developed a template which can be used to analyze pre-post HTCE data
- Thermal and Transport Concept Inventory (TTCI)
- Survey of Thermodynamic Processes and First and Second Laws (STPFASL-short)
- Survey of Thermodynamic Processes and First and Second Laws (STPFASL-long)
- Thermodynamics Concept Inventory (TCI)
Modern Physics
Quantum Mechanics
- Quantum Mechanics Survey (QMS)
- Quantum Mechanics Formalism and Postulates Survey (QMFPS)
- Quantum Mechanics Visualization Instrument (QMVI)
- Quantum Mechanics Assessment Tool (QMAT)
Astronomy
- Lunar Phases Concept Inventory (LPCI)
- Astronomy Diagnostic Test (ADT)
- Astronomical Misconceptions Survey (AMS)
- The Light and Spectroscopy Concept Inventory (LSCI)
- Test of Astronomy Standards (TOAST)
- Star Properties Concept Inventory (SPCI)
- Astronomy and Space Science Concept Inventory (ASSCI)
Waves
- Wave Concept Inventory (WCI)
- Obtain it by emailing Dr. Ron Roedel
- Wave Diagnostic Test (WDT)
Affect and Attitudes about Physics/Science
- Maryland Expectation Survey (MPEX
- Views about Science Survey (VASS)
- Article about how to use the VASS and interpret the results.
- Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS)
- Epistemological Beliefs Assessment for Physical Science (EBAPS)
- Views on Science and Education (VOSE)
- View the questionnaire
- Article on the development and use of the instrument.
- Views of Nature and Science Questionnaire (VNOS)
Affect and Attitudes about Laboratory Courses
- Science Laboratory Environment Inventory (SLEI)
- Article on the development and use of the instrument.
- Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey for Experimental Physics (E-CLASS)
- Laboratory course assessment survey (LCAS)
- Article on the development and use of the instrument
Self-efficacy and motivation
- General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE)
- Physics Motivation Questionnaire II (PMQ-II)
- The validation of the SMQ-II
- Survey of Self-Efficacy in Science Courses - Physics (SOSESC-P)