Analyzing force concept inventory with item response theory

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1064-1070

  Wang, Jing ^a,b   Bao, Lei ^a  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77956637021     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.3443565     Document Type: Article

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