Laboratory Performance Tests for General Physics

Exploration of task performance tests in a physics laboratory

“…Previous research, as discussed in the introduction, shows that a fixed time was given to complete a performance test. For example, each of the two performance tests in Kruglak's [5] test bank consisted of ten tasks. Each task from the first eight tasks was limited to 6 minutes and each one from the last two tasks was given 24 minutes.…”

“…By encouraging students in test II to do the self-checking, the validity of performance tests was potentially improved by adapting specific test formats from Kruglak's [5] performance test bank. This test bank has 31 laboratory sessions on Ohm's law and circuitry that include tasks on building circuits based on circuit diagrams followed by measurement questions.…”

“…For concrete examples, Kruglak's book [5] has two sets of task performance tests that target different concepts in general physics. Each test consisted of ten tasks and had a time limit of 96 minutes.…”