Assessing Students' Attitudes In A College Physics Course In Mexico

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written by Jorge de la Garza and Hugo Alarcon

Considering the benefits of modeling instruction in improving conceptual learning while students work more like scientists, an implementation was made in an introductory Physics course in a Mexican University. Recently Brewe, Kramer and O'Brien have observed positive attitudinal shifts using modeling instruction in a course with a reduced number of students. These results are opposite to previous observations with methodologies that promote active learning. Inspired in those results, the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS) was applied as pre and post tests in two Mechanics courses with modeling. In comparison to the different categories of the CLASS, significant positive shifts have been determined in Overall, Sophistication in Problem Solving, and Applied Conceptual Understanding in a sample of 44 students.

Physics Education Research Conference 2010
Part of the PER Conference series
Portland, Oregon: July 21-22, 2010
Volume 1289, Pages 129-132

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Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education - Applied Research - Active Learning = Modeling Education - Basic Research - Assessment = Conceptual Assessment	- Lower Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Report = Research study

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DOI:: 10.1063/1.3515178
PACS:: 01.40.Fk
Keywords:: CLASS, attitude, beliefs, modeling instruction, PERC 2010, physics education
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Record Updated:: May 1, 2013 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: August 24, 2010

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de la Garza, Jorge, and Hugo Alarcon. "Assessing Students' Attitudes In A College Physics Course In Mexico." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, July 21-22, 2010. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10407&DocID=1880 (accessed 3 December 2024).

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