A concept inventory which measures student understanding related to intermolecular forces has been developed. Questions on the concept inventory were written with distracters that arose during student interviews that explored intermolecular forces through experiments involving paper chromatography and a mixture of oil, water, and food coloring. Measures of validity and reliabilty will be discussed for the concept inventory in its current form. Specific questions will be shown that worked well to reveal misconceptions of students about concepts related to intermolecular forces, as well as those that will be revised in future implementations of the inventory with students.

Intermolecular forces concept inventory: A pilot study

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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