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Using cueing from question pairs to engage students in reflective thinking: An exploratory study
written by Joss Ives and Jared B. Stang
In this exploratory study, guided by dual process theories of reasoning, we used a low-stakes diagnostic test in a large introductory calculus-based physics course to test the effectiveness of using multiple-choice question pairs to improve student performance on conceptual multiple-choice questions. As part of this study, we measured students' tendency to engage analytic reasoning via the Cognitive Reflection Test, a three-item questionnaire embedded in a start-of-term diagnostic. These pairs of questions used a common question stem to ask about different but related concepts that students often conflate, such as acceleration and force in the context of a collision. Focusing on three questions from previously piloted question pairs, and controlling for measures of student knowledge and tendency to engage analytic reasoning, we used mixed-effects logistic regression techniques to observe that students who received the question as part of a pair were 7.2 times (95% confidence interval [4.8, 10.9], p < .001) more likely to answer the question correctly relative to having the question alone. Furthermore, the intervention was more impactful for students with a lower tendency to engage analytic reasoning. These results have implications for the design of short-answer physics questions in learning and assessment situations.
Physics Education Research Conference 2019
Part of the PER Conference series
Provo, UT: July 24-25, 2019
Pages 245-250
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Ives, J., & Stang, J. (2019, July 24-25). Using cueing from question pairs to engage students in reflective thinking: An exploratory study. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2019, Provo, UT. Retrieved December 14, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15283&DocID=5195
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Ives, Joss, and Jared B. Stang. "Using cueing from question pairs to engage students in reflective thinking: An exploratory study." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2019, Provo, UT, July 24-25, 2019. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15283&DocID=5195 (accessed 14 December 2024).
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Ives, Joss, and Jared B. Stang. "Using cueing from question pairs to engage students in reflective thinking: An exploratory study." Physics Education Research Conference 2019. Provo, UT: 2019. 245-250 of PER Conference. 14 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15283&DocID=5195>.
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