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Evidence of students' content reasoning in relation to measure of reform
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Mojgan Matloob Haghanikar, Sytil K. Murphy, and Dean A. Zollman
As part of a study of the science preparation of elementary school teachers, we investigated the quality of students' reasoning and explored the relationship between sophistication of reasoning and the degree to which the courses are considered inquiry oriented. First, we devised written content questions, which were open ended with the distinguishing feature of applying recently learned concepts in a new context. All the questions developed were based on a common template that required students to recognize and generalize the relevant facts or concepts and their interrelationships to suggest an applicable or plausible theory. To evaluate students' answers, we developed a rubric based on Bloom's taxonomy as revised and expanded by Anderson. Along with analyzing students' reasoning, we visited 20 universities and observed the courses in which the students were enrolled. We ranked the courses with respect to characteristics that are valued for the inquiry courses. With the large amount of collected data, we found that the likelihood of the higher cognitive processes are in favor of classes with higher measures of inquiry.
Physics Education Research Conference 2011
Part of the PER Conference series Omaha, Nebraska: August 3-4, 2011 Volume 1413, Pages 271-274
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![]() Haghanikar, Mojgan Matloob, Sytil Murphy, and Dean Zollman. "Evidence of students' content reasoning in relation to measure of reform." Physics Education Research Conference 2011. Omaha, Nebraska: 2011. 271-274 Vol. 1413 of PER Conference. 10 Feb. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11866&DocID=2714>.
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Title = {Evidence of students' content reasoning in relation to measure of reform},
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Pages = {271-274},
Address = {Omaha, Nebraska},
Series = {PER Conference},
Volume = {1413},
Month = {August 3-4},
Year = {2011}
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