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| Abstract Title: | MAPLE, the Modeling Assessment for Physics Laboratory Experiments |
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| Abstract: | Physics laboratory classes offer great potential for learning, often in ways that are distinct and complementary to theory-focused courses. However, there are relatively few research-based assessments that are suitable for use in an upper-division physics laboratory course. Our group has created a new set of research-based assessments for measuring a central aspect of laboratory learning: modeling. The assessments, known as the Modeling Assessment for Physics Laboratory Experiments (MAPLE), are computer-based surveys with two parts. The first part is a ``choose your own adventure,'' while the second part consists of standard coupled multiple response items. There are three surveys in MAPLE, each contextualizing modeling within different experimental apparatus: a pendulum, an op-amp circuit, and a laser incident on two polarizers. I present the development process and theoretical foundations of MAPLE, describe the assessments themselves, and discuss how they can be used to measure and improve laboratory learning. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Session Time: | Poster Session I |
| Poster Number: | 1.B3 |
| Contributed Paper Record: | Contributed Paper Information |
| Contributed Paper Download: | Download Contributed Paper |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Benjamin Pollard JILA and the University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO 80309 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Laura Ríos, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer, Western Washington University Michael Fox, JILA and the University of Colorado Boulder Alexandra Werth, JILA and the University of Colorado Boulder H. J. Lewandowski, JILA and the University of Colorado Boulder |
