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Who does what now? How physics lab instruction impacts student behaviors
written by Katherine N. Quinn, Kathryn L. McGill, Michelle M. Kelley, Emily M. Smith, and N. G. Holmes
While laboratory instruction is a cornerstone of physics education, the impact of student behaviours in labs on retention, persistence in the field, and the formation of students' physics identity remains an open question. In this study, we performed in-lab observations of student actions over two semesters in two pedagogically different sections of the same introductory physics course. We used a cluster analysis to identify different categories of student behaviour and analyzed how they correlate with lab structure and gender. We find that, in lab structures which fostered collaborative group work and promoted decision making, there was a task division along gender lines with respect to laptop and equipment usage (and found no such divide among students in guided verification labs).
Physics Education Research Conference 2018
Part of the PER Conference series
Washington, DC: August 1-2, 2018
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Education - Applied Research
- Active Learning
= Cooperative Learning
- Curriculum Development
= Laboratory
Education - Basic Research
- Behavior
= Behavior Development
- Sample Population
= Gender
- Student Characteristics
= Affect
- Lower Undergraduate
- Reference Material
= Research study
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10.1119/perc.2018.pr.Quinn
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Metadata instance created December 31, 2018 by Lyle Barbato
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K. Quinn, K. McGill, M. Kelley, E. Smith, and N. Holmes, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2018, Washington, DC, 2018, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14844&DocID=4991).
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K. Quinn, K. McGill, M. Kelley, E. Smith, and N. Holmes, Who does what now? How physics lab instruction impacts student behaviors, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2018, Washington, DC, 2018, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14844&DocID=4991>.
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Quinn, K., McGill, K., Kelley, M., Smith, E., & Holmes, N. (2018, August 1-2). Who does what now? How physics lab instruction impacts student behaviors. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2018, Washington, DC. Retrieved December 6, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14844&DocID=4991
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Quinn, K, K. McGill, M. Kelley, E. Smith, and N. Holmes. "Who does what now? How physics lab instruction impacts student behaviors." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2018, Washington, DC, August 1-2, 2018. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14844&DocID=4991 (accessed 6 December 2024).
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Quinn, Katherine N., Kathryn L. McGill, Michelle M. Kelley, Emily M. Smith, and Natasha G. Holmes. "Who does what now? How physics lab instruction impacts student behaviors." Physics Education Research Conference 2018. Washington, DC: 2018. of PER Conference. 6 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14844&DocID=4991>.
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