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| Abstract Title: | How Do Students Process a Worked Example? |
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| Abstract: | Our physics instruction for under-prepared engineering students often incorporates worked examples. We are therefore interested in how students process a worked example in order to learn from it. We used an eye tracker to record the eye movements of 43 introductory physics students as they read worked examples to aid them in solving difficult physics problems. Our examples are presented in a two-column format with symbolic manipulations and corresponding text explanations in adjacent columns. Two experimental conditions are employed: In one condition students were shown a specific "target" problem followed by worked examples to help them solve it; in the other they were told a problem to solve would follow some preparatory worked examples. Both global trends and effects of the task will be presented. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster |
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Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Adam D. Smith University of Illinois Department of Physics 1110 West Green Streen Urbana, IL 61801-3080 Phone: 217-244-9249 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Jose Mestre University of Illinois Department of Physics 1110 West Green Street Urbana, IL 61801-3080 Email: mestre -at- illinois.edu Brian Ross University of Illinois Department of Psychology 603 East Daniel Street Room 835 Urbana, IL 61801-3080 Email: bhross -at- illinois.edu |
