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Learning assistants’ teaching strategies for promoting scientific inquiry among undergraduate students in a physics laboratory setting
Introductory labs in STEM courses are often designed with the goal of promoting scientific reasoning among students. Instructors play a role in reaching this goal, and the pedagogical practices instructors adopt can support or inhibit the development of student scientific reasoning. In particular, novice instructors who are still grappling with lab epistemology may enact a range of teaching practices, some of which may not be helpful in reaching the goals of lab instruction. We present findings from a study of 58 first-time undergraduate Learning Assistants (LAs) presented with a teaching scenario from an introductory physics lab. In our analysis, we identify teaching strategies used by LAs to support the scientific reasoning of their students and barriers or alternate approaches that prevent LAs from successfully providing this support. We find that a common barrier to LA support of student scientific inquiry is LAs' preconceived notions of the existence of a "correct answer" in the lab task that students must reach, which causes these LAs to shift to strategies more in line with conducting validation experiments.
Physics Education Research Conference 2023
Part of the PER Conference series Sacramento, CA: July 19-20, 2023 Pages 95-100
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<a href="https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=16566">Engblom, S, M. Mahmood, M. Matos, and J. Vargas. "Learning assistants’ teaching strategies for promoting scientific inquiry among undergraduate students in a physics laboratory setting." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2023, Sacramento, CA, July 19-20, 2023.</a>
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S. Engblom, M. Mahmood, M. Matos, and J. Vargas, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2023, Sacramento, CA, 2023, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16566&DocID=5746).
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S. Engblom, M. Mahmood, M. Matos, and J. Vargas, Learning assistants’ teaching strategies for promoting scientific inquiry among undergraduate students in a physics laboratory setting, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2023, Sacramento, CA, 2023, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16566&DocID=5746>.
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Engblom, S., Mahmood, M., Matos, M., & Vargas, J. (2023, July 19-20). Learning assistants’ teaching strategies for promoting scientific inquiry among undergraduate students in a physics laboratory setting. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2023, Sacramento, CA. Retrieved March 24, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16566&DocID=5746
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Engblom, S, M. Mahmood, M. Matos, and J. Vargas. "Learning assistants’ teaching strategies for promoting scientific inquiry among undergraduate students in a physics laboratory setting." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2023, Sacramento, CA, July 19-20, 2023. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16566&DocID=5746 (accessed 24 March 2025).
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Engblom, Samuel W., Maggie S. Mahmood, Michael J. Matos, and Jackie Vargas. "Learning assistants’ teaching strategies for promoting scientific inquiry among undergraduate students in a physics laboratory setting." Physics Education Research Conference 2023. Sacramento, CA: 2023. 95-100 of PER Conference. 24 Mar. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16566&DocID=5746>.
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Title = {Learning assistants’ teaching strategies for promoting scientific inquiry among undergraduate students in a physics laboratory setting},
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Pages = {95-100},
Address = {Sacramento, CA},
Series = {PER Conference},
Month = {July 19-20},
Year = {2023}
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