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Problem Solving Skill Evaluation Instrument — Validation Studies

written by Wendy K. Adams and Carl E. Wieman

Researchers have created several tools for evaluating conceptual understanding as well as students' attitudes and beliefs about physics; however, the field of problem solving is sorely lacking a broad use evaluation tool. This missing tool is an indication of the complexity of the field. The most obvious and largest hurdle to evaluating physics problem solving skills is untangling the skills from the physics content knowledge necessary to solve problems. We are tackling this problem by looking for the physics problem solving skills that are useful in other disciplines as well as physics. We report on the results of a series of interviews comparing physics students' skills when solving physics problems with their anonymous completion of the problem solving instrument.

Physics Education Research Conference 2006
Part of the PER Conference Invited Paper series
Syracuse, New York: July 26-27, 2006
Volume 883, Pages 18-21

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Published: January 30, 2007

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education - Applied Research - Active Learning = Problem Solving - Pedagogy Education - Basic Research - Assessment = Instruments	- Lower Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Research study

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Mirror:: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2508681
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Restriction:: © 2006 American Institute of Physics
DOI:: 10.1063/1.2508681
PACSs:: 01.40.Fk; 01.40.gb; 01.50.Kw
Keywords:: PERC 2006, assessment instrument, educational aids, interviews, problem solving, teaching methods
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created June 4, 2007 by Shawn Weatherford
Record Updated:: July 16, 2013 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: January 30, 2007

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Adams, Wendy, and Carl Wieman. "Problem Solving Skill Evaluation Instrument — Validation Studies." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2006, Syracuse, New York, July 26-27, 2006. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=5256&DocID=2110 (accessed 18 March 2025).

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Adams, Wendy, and Carl Wieman. "Problem Solving Skill Evaluation Instrument — Validation Studies." Physics Education Research Conference 2006. Syracuse, New York: 2006. 18-21 Vol. 883 of PER Conference Invited Paper. 18 Mar. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=5256&DocID=2110>.

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