Towards Understanding Classroom Culture: Students’ Perceptions of Tutorials

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written by Chandra Turpen, Noah D. Finkelstein, and Steven J. Pollock

Following the documentation of significant and reproducible student content learning gains through the use of the Tutorials at the University of Colorado (CU), we seek to understand the meaning that students are making of this reform. Spanning five years of Tutorials use at CU, we investigate if students' perceptions of the Tutorials shift (become more or less favorable) after the Tutorials have become fully institutionalized. We find that they do not. We observe some semesters where the majority of students perceive the Tutorials to be highly useful for their learning, but this is rarely the case. We determine that students at CU generally do not like the Tutorials. Students' perceptions of the utility and enjoyment of Tutorials do vary significantly on a semester-by-semester basis suggesting that both the lead and secondary faculty members involved in a Tutorial course may influence the students' experience in Tutorials.

Physics Education Research Conference 2009
Part of the PER Conference series
Ann Arbor, Michigan: July 29-30, 2009
Volume 1179, Pages 285-288

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Published: November 11, 2009

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education - Applied Research - Active Learning = Inquiry Learning Education - Basic Research - Student Characteristics = Affect	- Lower Undergraduate - Graduate/Professional	- Reference Material = Research study

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Restriction:: © 2009 American Institute of Physics
DOI:: 10.1063/1.3266738
NSF Numbers:: 0410744; 0717768; 0448176
PACSs:: R01.40.Di; 01.40.Fk; 01.40.gb
Keywords:: PERC 2009, Tutorials, course reform, educational change, introductory physics, physics education research, reformed course, student perceptions, student perceptions
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created October 14, 2009 by Alea Smith
Record Updated:: March 11, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: November 11, 2009

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<a href="https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=9508">Turpen, C, N. Finkelstein, and S. Pollock. "Towards Understanding Classroom Culture: Students’ Perceptions of Tutorials." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 29-30, 2009.</a>

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Turpen, C., Finkelstein, N., & Pollock, S. (2009, July 29-30). Towards Understanding Classroom Culture: Students’ Perceptions of Tutorials. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Retrieved December 3, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9508&DocID=1381

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Turpen, C, N. Finkelstein, and S. Pollock. "Towards Understanding Classroom Culture: Students’ Perceptions of Tutorials." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 29-30, 2009. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9508&DocID=1381 (accessed 3 December 2024).

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Turpen, Chandra, Noah Finkelstein, and Steven Pollock. "Towards Understanding Classroom Culture: Students’ Perceptions of Tutorials." Physics Education Research Conference 2009. Ann Arbor, Michigan: 2009. 285-288 Vol. 1179 of PER Conference. 3 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9508&DocID=1381>.

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