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Reflecting to learn in a physics multimedia communication course
written by Steven W. Tarr and Emily Alicea-Muñoz
Science communication skills are considered essential learning objectives for undergraduate physics students. However, high enrollment and limited class resources present significant barriers to providing students ample opportunities to practice their formal presentation skills. We investigate the use of integrated critical reflection and peer evaluation activities in a physics senior seminar course both to improve student learning outcomes and to supplement highly restricted presentation time. Throughout the semester, each student delivers one 8-min multimedia presentation on either their research or an upper-division course topic. Following each presentation, audience members complete one of two randomly assigned peer evaluations: a treatment form that prompts critical reflection or a control form that does not. Each class period concludes with a short quiz on concepts presented in that day's presentations. We observe minimal differences in quiz scores between students in the control and treatment groups. Instead, we find that retention and transfer of presentation content correlate with certain metrics of presentation quality described in the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning and with self-identified prior exposure to presentation topics.
Physics Education Research Conference 2024
Part of the PER Conference series
Boston, MA: July 10-11, 2024
Pages 432-437
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Education - Basic Research
- Assessment
= Formative Assessment
= Peer Assessment
= Self Assessment
- Communication
= Speaking
- Upper Undergraduate
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S. Tarr and E. Alicea-Muñoz, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2024, Boston, MA, 2024, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16933&DocID=6000).
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S. Tarr and E. Alicea-Muñoz, Reflecting to learn in a physics multimedia communication course, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2024, Boston, MA, 2024, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16933&DocID=6000>.
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Tarr, S., & Alicea-Muñoz, E. (2024, July 10-11). Reflecting to learn in a physics multimedia communication course. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2024, Boston, MA. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16933&DocID=6000
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Tarr, Steven W., and Emily Alicea-Muñoz. "Reflecting to learn in a physics multimedia communication course." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2024, Boston, MA, July 10-11, 2024. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16933&DocID=6000 (accessed 7 November 2024).
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Tarr, Steven W., and Emily Alicea-Muñoz. "Reflecting to learn in a physics multimedia communication course." Physics Education Research Conference 2024. Boston, MA: 2024. 432-437 of PER Conference. 7 Nov. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16933&DocID=6000>.
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