There are 26 multiple-choice items in the TCE examining students’ alternative concepts on heat, temperature, heat transfer and temperature change, and thermal properties. The alternative concepts are discovered based on former studies, and they are used as a researcher basis to construct the TCE distractors.
data(TCE)A data frame with 497 observations on the following 26 TCE multiple choice items.
TCE1A character of the TCE item number 1.
TCE2A character of the TCE item number 2.
TCE3A character of the TCE item number 3.
TCE4A character of the TCE item number 4.
TCE5A character of the TCE item number 5.
TCE6A character of the TCE item number 6.
TCE7A character of the TCE item number 7.
TCE8A character of the TCE item number 8.
TCE9A character of the TCE item number 9.
TCE10A character of the TCE item number 10.
TCE11A character of the TCE item number 11.
TCE12A character of the TCE item number 12.
TCE13A character of the TCE item number 13.
TCE14A character of the TCE item number 14.
TCE15A character of the TCE item number 15.
TCE16A character of the TCE item number 16.
TCE17A character of the TCE item number 17.
TCE18A character of the TCE item number 18.
TCE19A character of the TCE item number 19.
TCE20A character of the TCE item number 20.
TCE21A character of the TCE item number 21.
TCE22A character of the TCE item number 22.
TCE23A character of the TCE item number 23.
TCE24A character of the TCE item number 24.
TCE25A character of the TCE item number 25.
TCE26A character of the TCE item number 26.
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