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| Abstract Title: | Towards Understanding Classroom Culture: Students' Perceptions of Tutorials |
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| Abstract: | While research on educational transformation has traditionally focused on studying student learning outcomes, little work has examined students' perception of the tools and classroom culture associated with transformed pedagogies. We present analyses of students' perceptions of the Tutorials spanning five years at the University of Colorado in hopes of understanding the meaning students are making of this reform. We share results based on two types of data: 1) data from a 'Student Assessment of their Learning Gains' (SALG) style instrument, designed to identify students' broad perceptions of the utility and enjoyment of Tutorials, and 2) more detailed survey data that targets students' perceptions of peer interactions and student-TA interactions in the Tutorials, as well as the coordination of the Tutorials with other course components. We find themes that are consistent across Physics 1 & 2 as well as certain semester-by-semester (or instructor dependent) differences. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Chandra Turpen University of Colorado at Boulder 4490 Ludlow Street Boulder, CO 80305 Phone: 3037350458 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Noah D. Finkelstein University of Colorado at Boulder Steven J. Pollock University of Colorado at Boulder |
