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| Abstract Title: | Students' Use Of Real-World Knowledge During Collaborative Physics Problem Solving |
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| Abstract: | In this poster I will describe students' use of their real-world knowledge and their epistemological framing during collaborative group recitation problems in an introductory algebra-based physics course for non-physics majors. Analysis of 14 different student groups working on three different recitation problems reveals that: 1. Despite significant prompting within the problems and support in lecture, over half of the groups do not make significant use of their real-world knowledge as a part of their solution to the recitation problems. 2. Students that do make use of their real-world knowledge do so during conceptual discussion, but not during procedural discussion. Implications for instruction and future research will be discussed. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
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| Primary Contact: |
Mathew Martinuk University of British Columbia 2264 Ferndale St Vancouver, V5L1Y5 Phone: 7788366366 |
