Representational Competence of Fields Inventory (RCFI)
Purpose
The Representational Competence of Fields Inventory (RCFI) aims to assess and facilitate the comprehension of diagrams, graphs, and mathematical equations within the context of undergraduate physics curricula, specifically focusing on vector fields.
Population
The RCFI is typically given to students in their third semester pursuing studies in science, physics, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines.
Typical Performance
We do not know of any published results with typical performance. As the LASSO platform collects more data, we will be able to offer better guidance on student performance.
The RCFI was originally developed in 2021. The development is detailed in
●Küchemann, S., Malone, S., Edelsbrunner, P., Lichtenberger, A., Stern, E., Schumacher, R., … & Kuhn, J. (2021). Inventory for the assessment of representational competence of vector fields. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 17(2), 020126.
Research
See the validation section for related articles.
Example LASSO Report
Please follow this link to our example report for concept inventories.