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Attitudes Toward Problem Solving as Predictors of Student Success
written by Karen Cummings, Stephanie Lockwood, and Jeffrey Marx
The survey of attitudes towards, and views of, problem solving that is presented here is still under development. It is part of a larger project to develop an assessment of student problem solving ability in introductory physics. The survey is intended for use in a manner similar to the Maryland Physics Expectation Survey (MPEX). That is, it is given to students pre- and post-instruction. Student responses are evaluated in comparison to the answers given by "experts". Post-instruction movement of student responses toward those given by the "experts" is considered to be improvement. This paper presents the survey questions, expert responses and discusses responses of several hundred students at three different institutions. Correlations between student survey results and grades, conceptual survey scores and instructor evaluation of student problem solving ability are presented. The goal is to begin to probe whether student attitudes toward problem solving are correlated to success on other metrics.
Physics Education Research Conference 2003
Part of the PER Conference series
Madison, WI: August 6-7, 2003
Volume 720, Pages 133-136
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- Student Characteristics
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10.1063/1.1807272
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01.40.Fk
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PERC 2003, educational courses, human factors, problem solving, professional aspects, student attitudes
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Metadata instance created June 13, 2005 by Lyle Barbato
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K. Cummings, S. Lockwood, and J. Marx, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2003, Madison, WI, 2003, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=2327&DocID=3415).
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K. Cummings, S. Lockwood, and J. Marx, Attitudes Toward Problem Solving as Predictors of Student Success, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2003, Madison, WI, 2003, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=2327&DocID=3415>.
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Cummings, K., Lockwood, S., & Marx, J. (2003, August 6-7). Attitudes Toward Problem Solving as Predictors of Student Success. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2003, Madison, WI. Retrieved December 3, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=2327&DocID=3415
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Cummings, K, S. Lockwood, and J. Marx. "Attitudes Toward Problem Solving as Predictors of Student Success." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2003, Madison, WI, August 6-7, 2003. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=2327&DocID=3415 (accessed 3 December 2024).
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Cummings, Karen, Stephanie Lockwood, and Jeffrey Marx. "Attitudes Toward Problem Solving as Predictors of Student Success." Physics Education Research Conference 2003. Madison, WI: 2003. 133-136 Vol. 720 of PER Conference. 3 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=2327&DocID=3415>.
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