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| Abstract Title: | Participation in an online community of high school physics teachers |
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| Abstract: | We use the theory of community of practice to describe high school physics teachers' participation in the context of an online discussion board as part of a new online Master program in physics with teaching emphasis. In each class, the core component of the design, requires students to participate in weekly problem solving and bi-weekly reading discussion boards. We apply social network analysis measures to quantify the community interactions formed in the context of a nine-week summer course of Classical Mechanics for Educators. Our findings revealed fluctuations in the problem solving discussion boards; a result of the structural features of the course. The participation in the reading discussion boards showed a less variation comparatively. To further analyze the results and reveal the course's structural features, we characterized posts by looking for emergent themes. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Session Time: | Poster Session II |
| Poster Number: | 2.G2 |
| Contributed Paper Record: | Contributed Paper Information |
| Contributed Paper Download: | Download Contributed Paper |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Michael Nadeau Texas A&M University-Commerce Commerce, TX 75429 Phone: 903.886.5488 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Bahar Modir-Texas A&M University-Commerce Robynne M. Lock-Texas A&M University-Commerce William G. Newton-Texas A&M University-Commerce |
