This research-based multiple-choice test is designed to assesses student understanding of basic electricity and magnetism concepts. The test is suitable for college-level calculus-based introductory physics courses or for advanced high school physics courses.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=3775">Chabay, Ruth, and Bruce Sherwood. Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment. June 23, 2005.</a>
Chabay, R., & Sherwood, B. (2005, June 23). Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment. Retrieved October 7, 2024, from https://www.physport.org/assessments/BEMA
Chabay, Ruth, and Bruce Sherwood. Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment. June 23, 2005. https://www.physport.org/assessments/BEMA (accessed 7 October 2024).
Chabay, Ruth, and Bruce Sherwood. Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment. 1997. 23 June 2005. 7 Oct. 2024 <https://www.physport.org/assessments/BEMA>.
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Author = "Ruth Chabay and Bruce Sherwood",
Title = {Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment},
Volume = {2024},
Number = {7 October 2024},
Month = {June 23, 2005},
Year = {1997}
}
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