The Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment (BEMA), developed by Chabay and Sherwood, assesses student understanding of basic electricity and magnetism concepts. It is written for college-level calculus-based introductory physics courses. The files are password protected; users who wish to access the assessment will need to contact the authors.
The reliability and discriminatory power of this assessment tool have been tested. The results are available at: Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research: Volume 2, Issue 1, Page 7, http://prst-per.aps.org/abstract/PRSTPER/v2/i1/e010105
BEMA - Spanish
Attached is the Spanish translation of the BEMA instrument.
Translation: Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico. Language revision: Julio Benegas, Universidad Nacional de San Luis, San Luis, Argentina; Olivier Espinosa, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso, Chile; and Hugo Alarcon, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico.
R. Chabay and B. Sherwood, Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment (1997), WWW Document, (http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=3775&DocID=111).
Chabay, R., & Sherwood, B. (2005, June 23). Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment. Retrieved November 20, 2009, from http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=3775&DocID=111
Chabay, Ruth, and Bruce Sherwood. Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment. June 23, 2005. http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=3775&DocID=111 (accessed 20 November 2009).
Chabay, Ruth, and Bruce Sherwood. Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment. 1997. 23 June 2005. 20 Nov. 2009 <http://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=3775&DocID=111>.
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Author = "Ruth Chabay and Bruce Sherwood",
Title = {Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment},
Volume = {2009},
Number = {20 November 2009},
Month = {June 23, 2005},
Year = {1997}
}
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