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| Abstract Title: | Is answer-seeking a pathway to sensemaking? |
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| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Abstract: | Sensemaking is widely recognized in PER as an essential learning and reasoning process for physics students to figure out physical phenomena for themselves. There is less emphasis in the literature on how this process develops and the early stages between sensemaking and answer-seeking, which we refer to as emerging sensemaking. We argue that instructors recognizing emerging sensemaking moments are productive for supporting students in sensemaking. Knowing that answer-seeking is relatively common in physics classrooms, we use qualitative video data from introductory physics labs for life scientists (IPL2S) to explore the complex reasoning process occurring and discuss emerging sensemaking. We also consider the wide range of answer-seeking processes and provide three examples: TA, graphical, and knowledge answer-seeking. Through a detailed analysis of these moment-by-moment reasoning processes, we shed light on the complexities of small group dynamics and how the results could contribute to a productive avenue for TA training. |
| Session Time: | Poster Session 1 |
| Poster Number: | A47 |
| Contributed Paper Record: | Contributed Paper Information |
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Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Marc Whiting Department of Educational Psychology, University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Lauren Barth-Cohen Department of Educational Psychology Adrian L. Adams Department of Educational Psychology Jordan Gerton Department of Physics & Astronomy Claudia De Grandi Department of Physics & Astronomy |
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