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| Abstract Title: | Centering physics faculty ideas about resources-oriented instruction |
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| Abstract: | Recent research on faculty adoption and adaptation of research-based instructional materials suggests that development and dissemination of such materials should center instructors' productive ideas about teaching and learning and should build on instructors' current instructional practices. We are focussed on the development and dissemination of resources-oriented instructional materials--materials that elicit and build on students' productive ideas. To inform this work, we interviewed 17 physics faculty members to understand their current ideas and practices, and what might make these materials appealing. In this paper, we illustrate three specific themes that we identified in physics faculty members' resources-oriented perspectives of students' ideas and learning. We find that faculty are captivated by the novelty of students' ideas; notice consistencies between students' prior knowledge and physics concepts; and identify contexts in which students' ideas are correct. These themes inform curriculum development and dissemination efforts as well as research-based implementation materials that support instructors in their use of resources-oriented curricular materials. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Session Time: | Poster Session 1 Room A |
| Poster Number: | 1A-5 |
| Contributed Paper Record: | Contributed Paper Information |
| Contributed Paper Download: | Download Contributed Paper |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Lauren C Bauman Department of Physics, University of Washington-Seattle Seattle, WA 98295-1560 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Clausell Mathis-Department of Physics, University of Washington-Seattle, Sarah B. McKagan and Adrian Madsen, Alder Science Education Association, Katherine Marvin, Physical Science Division, School of STEM, University of Washington-Bothell Lisa M. Goodhew and Amy D. Robertson, Department of Physics, Seattle Pacific University |
