Upper-Level Physics Students’ Conceptions Of Understanding

Irving, Paul W.; Sayre, Eleanor C.

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Upper-Level Physics Students’ Conceptions Of Understanding

written by Paul W. Irving and Eleanor C. Sayre

As part of a larger study into upper-level physics student identity development that is currently underway students were questioned about their conception of understanding. Contained with this paper are the results for students' conceptions of understanding which correlate significantly to those found by Waterhouse and Prosser. However, having carried out pilot interviews of the interview protocol used to examine identity and cognitive development, the researchers noticed a large frequency in the amount of students that indicated their conception of understanding to be "when you can explain it to others or yourself." This prompted a further examination of this conception of understanding via phenomenographic interview and analysis.

Physics Education Research Conference 2012
Part of the PER Conference series
Philadelphia, PA: August 1-2, 2012
Volume 1513, Pages 198-201

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Education Foundations - Cognition = Cognition Development - Student Characteristics	- Upper Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Research study

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Mirror:: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4789686
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Restriction:: © 2012 American Institute of Physics
DOI:: 10.1063/1.4789686
PACSs:: 01.40.-d; 01.40.Fk; 01.30.Cc
Keywords:: Epistemology, PERC 2012, conceptions of understanding, epistemology, identity, phenomenography, upper-level physics students
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created June 26, 2013 by Zachary Davis
Record Updated:: February 1, 2014 by Bruce Mason
Last Update when Cataloged:: January 24, 2013
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