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Do prescribed prompts prime sensemaking during group problem solving?
written by Mathew "Sandy" Martinuk and Joss Ives
Many researchers and textbooks have promoted the use of rigid prescribed strategies for encouraging development of expert-like problem-solving behavior in novice students. The University of British Columbia's introductory algebra-based course for non-physics majors uses Context-Rich problems with a prescribed six-step strategy. We have coded audio recordings of group problem-solving sessions to analyze students' epistemological framing based on the implicit goal of their discussions. By treating the goal of "understanding the physics of the situation" as sensemaking, we argue that prescribed problem-solving prompts are not sufficient to induce subsequent sensemaking discussion.
Physics Education Research Conference 2011
Part of the PER Conference series
Omaha, Nebraska: August 3-4, 2011
Volume 1413, Pages 267-270
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10.1063/1.3680046
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01.40.gb
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PERC 2011, Prescribed Prompts, epistemological framing, problem solving
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M. Martinuk and J. Ives, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska, 2011, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11864&DocID=2713).
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M. Martinuk and J. Ives, Do prescribed prompts prime sensemaking during group problem solving?, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska, 2011, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11864&DocID=2713>.
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Martinuk, M., & Ives, J. (2011, August 3-4). Do prescribed prompts prime sensemaking during group problem solving?. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11864&DocID=2713
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Martinuk, Mathew "Sandy", and Joss Ives. "Do prescribed prompts prime sensemaking during group problem solving?." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska, August 3-4, 2011. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11864&DocID=2713 (accessed 25 April 2024).
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Martinuk, Mathew "Sandy", and Joss Ives. "Do prescribed prompts prime sensemaking during group problem solving?." Physics Education Research Conference 2011. Omaha, Nebraska: 2011. 267-270 Vol. 1413 of PER Conference. 25 Apr. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11864&DocID=2713>.
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