Using the Rasch model to validate stages of understanding the energy concept

Journal of Applied Measurement

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 224-241

  Liu, Xiufeng ^a   Collard, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONCEPT; MANCY-FACET RASCH MEASUREMENT (MFRM); RATER SCORING; TRAITS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CALIBRATION; CURRICULA; ENERGY CONSERVATION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NATURAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; QUALITY CONTROL;

STUDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18444390929     PISSN: 15297713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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