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Ruth Chabay and Bruce Sherwood
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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.
The test is based on investigations of students' difficulties with concepts in electricity and magnetism and should be given in a 45-minute period. 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 This assessment is free for use by instructors in their classroom. As it takes years of development effort to create and validate reliable assessment instruments, access is limited to educators and researchers. The assessment is available through the Physport Assessment database to AAPT members and validated physics instructors. Access to the assessment requires that the user be logged into Physport/ComPADRE.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=3775">Chabay, Ruth, and Bruce Sherwood. Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment. June 23, 2005.</a>
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R. Chabay and B. Sherwood, (1997), WWW Document, (https://www.physport.org/assessments/BEMA).
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R. Chabay and B. Sherwood, Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment (1997), <https://www.physport.org/assessments/BEMA>.
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Chabay, R., & Sherwood, B. (2005, June 23). Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment. Retrieved March 19, 2025, from https://www.physport.org/assessments/BEMA
Chicago Format
Chabay, Ruth, and Bruce Sherwood. Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment. June 23, 2005. https://www.physport.org/assessments/BEMA (accessed 19 March 2025).
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Chabay, Ruth, and Bruce Sherwood. Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment. 1997. 23 June 2005. 19 Mar. 2025 <https://www.physport.org/assessments/BEMA>.
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Author = "Ruth Chabay and Bruce Sherwood",
Title = {Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {19 March 2025},
Month = {June 23, 2005},
Year = {1997}
}
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%0 Electronic Source %A Chabay, Ruth %A Sherwood, Bruce %D June 23, 2005 %T Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment %V 2025 %N 19 March 2025 %8 June 23, 2005 %9 application/pdf %U https://www.physport.org/assessments/BEMA Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.
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