Davis, J. L., & Arena, S. L. (2020, June), WIP: Implementation of a Dynamics Concept Inventory – Before and After a Dynamics Class  Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line . 10.18260/1-2--35544

\bibitem{asee_peer_35544}
  Davis, J. L., \& Arena, S. L. (2020, June), \emph{WIP: Implementation of a Dynamics Concept Inventory – Before and After a Dynamics Class}
  Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line .
  10.18260/1-2--35544

Julian Ly Davis and Sara L. Arena.  "WIP: Implementation of a Dynamics Concept Inventory – Before and After a Dynamics Class".  2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line , 2020, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2020.  https://peer.asee.org/35544 Internet.  14 Jun, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_35544}
  Julian Ly Davis and Sara L. Arena.
  "WIP: Implementation of a Dynamics Concept Inventory – Before and After a Dynamics Class".
  \emph{2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line , 2020, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2020.
  https://peer.asee.org/35544 Internet.  14 Jun, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Concept inventories are prevalent in Physics and Statics classes but not many have been implemented in Dynamics. Expanding on the success of Force Concept inventories used in Physics, one dynamics concept inventory (DCI) has been identified and was used in a traditional planar rigid body Dynamics class. The DCI test contains questions regarding different dynamics concepts using a 29-question multiple choice test. The DCI was implemented before and after a Dynamics course at a four-year, medium size, primarily residential public institution. The objective is to begin to identify concepts which students have trouble with and how progressing through a dynamics course may affect the student’s understanding. 
This paper contains the results and analysis from two classes’ responses to the DCI test. Initial results of the exam indicate students do not have a good “feel” for dynamics before entering the course. The average score on the exam was a 26% and 22% in each year respectively. Interestingly consistent between the two classes are the inability to correctly identify the instantaneous velocity profile of a rotating object (less than 5% of students answered correctly), and a location of the minimum velocity of a tire driving a vehicle’s motion ( less than 5% of students answered correctly). In addition, consistent between the two classes are a strength in particle motion questions ( more than 60% of the students answered correctly) and rigid body energy questions (more than 60% of the students answered correctly). Comparing results from the pre- and post-course tests, there was not much improvement in these areas of low comprehension – which is what we would hope for after implementing a course on the topic. In fact – there are large decreases in areas of at which students initially showed strength in the pre-course DCI test. In the following paper we will discuss the results of the full set of data (pre- and post-course DCI exams from two different semesters). As we move forward, we will be interested to include results from a large public institution for comparison.


AU  - Julian Ly Davis
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TI  - WIP: Implementation of a Dynamics Concept Inventory – Before and After a Dynamics Class
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