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American Journal of Physics
written by David May and Eugenia Etkina
Students should develop self-reflection skills and appropriate views about knowledge and learning, both for their own sake and because these skills and views may be related to improvements in conceptual understanding. We explored the latter issue in the context of an introductory physics course for first-year engineering honors students. As part of the course, students submitted weekly reports, in which they reflected on how they learned specific physics content. The reports by 12 students were analyzed for the quality of reflection and some of the epistemological beliefs they exhibited. Students' conceptual learning gains were measured with standard survey instruments. We found that students with high conceptual gains tend to show reflection on learning that is more articulate and epistemologically sophisticated than students with lower conceptual gains. Some implications for instruction are suggested.
American Journal of Physics: Volume 70, Issue 12, Pages 1249-1258
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© 2002 American Journal of Physics
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10.1119/1.1503377
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education, physics, teaching
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D. May and E. Etkina, , Am. J. Phys. 70 (12), 1249 (2002), WWW Document, (https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1503377).
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D. May and E. Etkina, College physics students' epistemological self-reflection and its relationship to conceptual learning, Am. J. Phys. 70 (12), 1249 (2002), <https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1503377>.
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May, D., & Etkina, E. (2002, December 1). College physics students' epistemological self-reflection and its relationship to conceptual learning. Am. J. Phys., 70(12), 1249-1258. Retrieved December 3, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1503377
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May, David, and Eugenia Etkina. "College physics students' epistemological self-reflection and its relationship to conceptual learning." Am. J. Phys. 70, no. 12, (December 1, 2002): 1249-1258, https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1503377 (accessed 3 December 2024).
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May, David, and Eugenia Etkina. "College physics students' epistemological self-reflection and its relationship to conceptual learning." Am. J. Phys. 70.12 (2002): 1249-1258. 3 Dec. 2024 <https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1503377>.
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