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| Abstract Title: | Dispositions and mindset in computation-integrated physics |
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| Abstract: | High school physics classrooms across the United States are making efforts to integrate computation into their approach to teaching physics. There is wide agreement on the importance of teaching computational thinking (CT) practices in these types of settings, but little research has focused on the dispositions that students can develop that support the development of CT practices. This presentation examines the case of one high school physics class where students do computation-integrated physics in a group work format. Drawing from a newly theorized framework on CT dispositions and the well-established theory of mindset, we investigate how students take up dispositions and mindset during class, and we examine connections between these theories and how they manifest in our data. We intend to help researchers and practitioners identify students' dispositions so that they can provide opportunities for their students to better develop dispositions and more productively engage with computationally integrated physics. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Session Time: | Poster Session 1 Room C |
| Poster Number: | 1C-4 |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Patti C. Hamerski Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Daryl McPadden, Michigan State University Marcos D. Caballero, Michigan State University and University of Oslo Paul W. Irving, Michigan State University |
