Are Students’ Responses and Behaviors Consistent?

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written by Umporn Wutchana, Narumon Emarat, and Eugenia Etkina

In our project we attempted to determine if students whose beliefs about physics are more expert-like and less expert-like, as judged by the CLASS survey, are different in terms of their approaches to learning physics and whether their behaviors in the classroom are consistent with their responses to the surveys. All students enrolled in the second semester of an introductory physics course took the CLASS survey. We used survey results to identify expert-like and non-expert like students to participate in the study. We selected four highest scoring and four lowest scoring students. We then observed those students in laboratories and problem-solving recitations during one semester and interviewed them at the end. We found some inconsistencies between students' responses to the survey and their actual behaviors as well as several significant differences in behaviors of more expert-like and less expert-like students. This work was supported by the Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology, Thailand.

Physics Education Research Conference 2009
Part of the PER Conference series
Ann Arbor, Michigan: July 29-30 , 2009
Volume 1179, Pages 305-308

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Published: November 11, 2009

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Education - Basic Research - Behavior = Social Interaction - Communication - Student Characteristics = Affect	- Lower Undergraduate - Graduate/Professional	- Reference Material = Research study

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Restriction:: © 2009 American Institute of Physics
DOI:: 10.1063/1.3266743
PACSs:: 01.40.Fk; 01.40.Ha
Keywords:: CLASS, Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey, PERC 2009, belief, self-efficacy
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created October 14, 2009 by Alea Smith
Record Updated:: July 16, 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=9511">Wutchana, U, N. Emarat, and E. Etkina. "Are Students’ Responses and Behaviors Consistent?." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 29-30 , 2009.</a>

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Wutchana, U., Emarat, N., & Etkina, E. (2009, July 29-30 ). Are Students’ Responses and Behaviors Consistent?. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Retrieved January 17, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9511&DocID=1386

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Wutchana, U, N. Emarat, and E. Etkina. "Are Students’ Responses and Behaviors Consistent?." 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=9511&DocID=1386 (accessed 17 January 2025).

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Wutchana, Umporn, Narumon Emarat, and Eugenia Etkina. "Are Students’ Responses and Behaviors Consistent?." Physics Education Research Conference 2009. Ann Arbor, Michigan: 2009. 305-308 Vol. 1179 of PER Conference. 17 Jan. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9511&DocID=1386>.

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