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Detecting Progression of Scientific Reasoning among University Science and Engineering Students
written by Lin Ding
Scientific reasoning is not a de-contextualized construct; instead, its development and deployment intimately relates to content learning. Drawing on this framework and driven by the instructional goals of many college-level courses that are aimed at both knowledge acquisition and skill development, this study investigates the extent to which undergraduate students' scientific reasoning skills vary in relation to two aspects of content learning: quantity and domain. Students from different year levels (years 1-4) and two majors (science and engineering) were recruited to complete the Lawson Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning (LCTSR). These students represented respectively individuals exposed to different quantities and domains of content learning. Results show that, regardless of their major, student reasoning skills measured by the LCTSR remained largely constant across the four years of higher education, with no significant difference between science and engineering. These results call attention to the status quo of undergraduate education and have implications for future improvement.
Physics Education Research Conference 2013
Part of the PER Conference series
Portland, OR: July 17-18, 2013
Pages 125-128
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General Physics
- Scientific Reasoning
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- Lower Undergraduate
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American Association of Physics Teachers
DOI:
10.1119/perc.2013.pr.019
PACSs:
01.40.Fk
01.40.G-
01.40.Ha
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PERC 2013, Scientific reasoning, content learning, domain of content learning, quantity of content learning
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Ding, L. (2013, July 17-18). Detecting Progression of Scientific Reasoning among University Science and Engineering Students. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2013, Portland, OR. Retrieved April 27, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13125&DocID=3674
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Ding, Lin. "Detecting Progression of Scientific Reasoning among University Science and Engineering Students." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2013, Portland, OR, July 17-18, 2013. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13125&DocID=3674 (accessed 27 April 2024).
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Ding, Lin. "Detecting Progression of Scientific Reasoning among University Science and Engineering Students." Physics Education Research Conference 2013. Portland, OR: 2013. 125-128 of PER Conference. 27 Apr. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13125&DocID=3674>.
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