Our first assignment for the modeling workshop required us to take the Force Concept Inventory. I assign this same exam for each of my students as a pre and post test to see how they improve with the course. I haven't however, ever actually taken it myself. (Bad Mrs. D!) I was nervous, therefore, that I wouldn't do too well. I was pleasantly surprised that I only missed three. (And all three were relatively silly mistakes.)
I could tell as I read through the possible answers which misconceptions each question was targeting. I can see many of my students answering many of the questions incorrectly, at least at the beginning. (They did significantly improve after the course... so that's good!)
I do love that each of the questions target a specific misconception and don't test something other than physics. I know that math, for example, is a necessary part of physics, but it is nice to see what actual physics concepts my students (or I) don't understand.
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