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| Abstract Title: | Cognitive wrappers: Learning how to learn physics |
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| Abstract: | Cognitive exam wrappers are tools that focus on using metacognition and reflection skills to motivate students to analyze the factors that contribute to their performance on exams and plan strategies that will strengthen their study habits to improve their exam performance. Cognitive wrappers, utilized here in an introductory physics for the life sciences (IPLS) course, ask students to reflect on the following: 1) the amount of time they invested in preparing for an exam, 2) the root causes of errors made on the exam, 3) study habits that students feel positively impacted their preparation, and 4) strategies that students are willing to implement to improve their performance. Students also have the opportunity to provide suggestions to the instructor that they think will help improve their learning. In this work we report on the study habits that students employ to prepare for a physics exam, self-reported root-causes of mistakes on exams, and strategies that students are willing to try to improve their performance. In addition, we will report on the insight the instructor has gained to build a deeper understanding of the student population in this IPLS course. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Patricia Soto Creighton University Physics Department 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178 Phone: 402-280-3361 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Gintaras K. Duda, Creighton University Alexis Munchrath, Creighton University |
