Resumen de Repurposing Concept Inventories to Help Students Find Gaps in Explanations

Tiffany Rose Sikorski, Brandon K Lee

• Much of physics class time is spent helping students learn the explanations generally accepted by the scientific community. Concept inventories have become a key tool in this effort. Assessments like the Force Concept Inventory1 and Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment2 are valuable resources for instructors to gauge students’ understanding of core concepts in physics. These assessments typically present students with a scenario, a question about that scenario, and a series of possible answers. Following instruction, students should be able to select the best option, one that demonstrates their grasp of core concepts and principles.