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| Abstract Title: | Investigating Students' Affective Experience in Introductory Physics Courses |
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| Abstract: | Improving non-cognitive outcomes such as attitudes, efficacy, and persistence in physics courses is an important goal in physics education. This investigation implemented an in-the-moment surveying technique called the Experience Sampling Method (ESM) [1] to measure students' affective experience in physics. Measurements included: self-esteem, cognitive efficiency, activation, intrinsic motivation and affect. Data are presented showing contrasts in students' experiences, (e.g., in physics vs. non-physics courses). |
| Footnote: | 1) R. Larson, & M. Csikszentmihalyi, (1987). "Validity and Reliability of the Experience-Sampling Method". J Nerv Ment Dis.,175(9):526-36. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Jayson Nissen University of Maine 120 Bennett Hall University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 Phone: 406 581-1982 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Jonathan Shemwell, University of Maine MacKenzie Stetzer, University of Maine |
