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Investigating student ability to follow and interact with reasoning chains
written by William N. Ferm Jr., J. Caleb Speirs, MacKenzie R. Stetzer, and Beth A. Lindsey
The effectiveness of scaffolded, research-based instruction in physics has been extensively documented in the literature. However, much less is known about the development of students' reasoning skills in these research-based instructional environments. As part of a larger collaborative project, we have been designing and implementing tasks to assess the extent to which introductory physics students are able to logically follow and interact with hypothetical student reasoning chains in a variety of physics contexts. In this paper, we report preliminary results from a "Follow Reasoning" task in which students are asked to infer the conclusions that would be drawn from different lines of reasoning articulated by hypothetical students and provide justification for that inference.
Physics Education Research Conference 2016
Part of the PER Conference series
Sacramento, CA: July 20-21, 2016
Pages 120-123
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10.1119/perc.2016.pr.025
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Metadata instance created November 30, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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W. Ferm Jr., J. Speirs, M. Stetzer, and B. Lindsey, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2016, Sacramento, CA, 2016, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14210&DocID=4562).
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W. Ferm Jr., J. Speirs, M. Stetzer, and B. Lindsey, Investigating student ability to follow and interact with reasoning chains, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2016, Sacramento, CA, 2016, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14210&DocID=4562>.
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Ferm Jr., W., Speirs, J., Stetzer, M., & Lindsey, B. (2016, July 20-21). Investigating student ability to follow and interact with reasoning chains. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2016, Sacramento, CA. Retrieved December 3, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14210&DocID=4562
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Ferm Jr., W, J. Speirs, M. Stetzer, and B. Lindsey. "Investigating student ability to follow and interact with reasoning chains." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2016, Sacramento, CA, July 20-21, 2016. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14210&DocID=4562 (accessed 3 December 2024).
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Ferm Jr., William N., John Caleb Speirs, MacKenzie R. Stetzer, and Beth Lindsey. "Investigating student ability to follow and interact with reasoning chains." Physics Education Research Conference 2016. Sacramento, CA: 2016. 120-123 of PER Conference. 3 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14210&DocID=4562>.
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