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| Abstract Title: | Evaluating the effectiveness of two methods to improve students' problem solving performance after studying an online tutorial |
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| Abstract: | An earlier study using online learning modules found that a significant fraction of undergraduate students were unable to solve similar new problems after learning from an online problem-solving tutorial. The current study examines the effectiveness of two methods to improve students' subsequent problem solving performance. First, an ``on-ramp'' module designed to develop proficiency in basic skills was added prior to the tutorial. Second, a new "transfer" module was added after the tutorial and before the final module. In this new module, half of the students were assigned a compare contrast task, whereas the other half were asked to answer multiple scaffolding questions. For the on-ramp module, in one of the two cases students' performance on subsequent modules were significantly improved over the previous year, possibly due to the addition of on-ramp module. However, neither version of the new transfer module had significant impact on students' performance on the following module. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Session Time: | Poster Session II |
| Poster Number: | B65 |
| Contributed Paper Record: | Contributed Paper Information |
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Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Zhongzhou Chen University of Central Florida Physics Department 4111 Libra Drive Room 153 Orlando, FL 32828 Phone: 2177218411 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Kyle Whitcomb, University of Pittsburgh Matthew Guthrie, University of Central Florida Chandralekha Singh, University of Pittsburgh |
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