Instructors’ Ideas about Problem Solving – Setting Goals

Henderson, Charles R.; Heller, Kenneth; Heller, Patricia; Kuo, H. Vincent; Yerushalmi, Edit

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Instructors’ Ideas about Problem Solving – Setting Goals

written by Charles R. Henderson, Kenneth Heller, Patricia Heller, H. Vincent Kuo, and Edit Yerushalmi

This paper presents preliminary hypotheses about the relationship between faculty goals for the introductory calculus-based physics course and their beliefs about student learning of problem solving. All faculty have problem solving as a major goal for their course. There appears to be however, an instructional paradox. When discussing how students learn to solve problems in their own courses, faculty indicate that reflective-practice skills are a necessary prerequisite, and that average students enter the course with these skills. When discussing general problem solving skills, however, faculty seem to believe that similar reflective-practice skills cannot be learned in an introductory physics course, and should be a long-term goal of university education.

Physics Education Research Conference 2001
Part of the PER Conference series
Rochester, New York: July 25-26, 2001

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Education Foundations - Problem Solving - Sample Population = Instructor: Faculty - Teacher Characteristics Education Practices - Curriculum Development = Course Goals	- Graduate/Professional	- Reference Material = Research study

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Restriction:: © 2001 Charles Henderson, Kenneth Heller, Patricia Heller, Vince Kuo, and Edit Yerushalmi
DOI:: 10.1119/perc.2001.pr.006
Keywords:: Course Goals, Learning Beliefs, PERC 2001, Problem Solving, Science Instruction
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Record Updated:: February 16, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: July 26, 2001
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=10222">Henderson, C, K. Heller, P. Heller, V. Kuo, and E. Yerushalmi. "Instructors’ Ideas about Problem Solving – Setting Goals." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2001, Rochester, New York, July 25-26, 2001.</a>

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Henderson, C., Heller, K., Heller, P., Kuo, V., & Yerushalmi, E. (2001, July 25-26). Instructors’ Ideas about Problem Solving – Setting Goals. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2001, Rochester, New York. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10222&DocID=1762

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Henderson, C, K. Heller, P. Heller, V. Kuo, and E. Yerushalmi. "Instructors’ Ideas about Problem Solving – Setting Goals." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2001, Rochester, New York, July 25-26, 2001. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10222&DocID=1762 (accessed 19 April 2024).

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Henderson, Charles, Kenneth Heller, Patricia Heller, Vince Kuo, and Edit Yerushalmi. "Instructors’ Ideas about Problem Solving – Setting Goals." Physics Education Research Conference 2001. Rochester, New York: 2001. of PER Conference. 19 Apr. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10222&DocID=1762>.

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