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| Abstract Title: | Attitudes of Non-Science Students in a General Education Physics Course |
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| Abstract: | The general education requirements at Southern Connecticut State University have recently been restructured to reflect major shifts in university wide learning goals. As a result, our large enrollment conceptual physics course for non-science majors has been modified to include a significant laboratory component as well as an increased emphasis on critical thinking, mathematical reasoning and learning about science as a process. This poster will outline the nature of the course and student population. We will present pre- and post- instruction results on the Colorado Learning Attitudes About Science Survey (CLASS) highlighting apparent instructor effects indicated by differences in post-instruction results for students in different laboratory sections. We will also compare CLASS results for sub-populations of students. Our goal is to help document attitudinal starting points and shifts in attitudes for non-science majors in general and women and minority student populations specifically. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Karen Cummings Southern Connecticut State University 501 Crescent St New Haven, CT 06515 Phone: 203-392-7043 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Jeffrey Marx, McDaniel College and Peter Litwin, Southern Connecticut State University |
