Positive attitudinal shifts with the Physics by Inquiry curriculum across multiple implementations

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作者
Lindsey, Beth A. [1 ]
Hsu, Leonardo [2 ]
Sadaghiani, Homeyra [3 ]
Taylor, Jack W. [4 ]
Cummings, Karen [5 ]
机构
[1] Penn State Greater Allegheny, Phys, Mckeesport, PA 15132 USA
[2] Univ Minnesota, Dept Postsecondary Teaching & Learning, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
[3] Calif State Polytech Univ Pomona, Dept Phys & Astron, Pomona, CA 91791 USA
[4] Baltimore City Community Coll, Dept Nat & Phys Sci, Baltimore, MD 21215 USA
[5] So Connecticut State Univ, Dept Phys, New Haven, CT 06515 USA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW SPECIAL TOPICS-PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH | 2012年 / 8卷 / 01期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
BELIEFS; DESIGN;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.8.010102
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
Recent publications have documented positive attitudinal shifts on the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS) among students enrolled in courses with an explicit epistemological focus. We now report positive attitudinal shifts in classes using the Physics by Inquiry (PbI) curriculum, which has only an implicit focus on student epistemologies and nature of science issues. These positive shifts have occurred in several different implementations of the curriculum, across multiple institutions and multiple semesters. In many classes, students experienced significant attitudinal shifts in the problem-solving categories of the CLASS, despite the conceptual focus of most PbI courses.
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