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Sensitivity of Learning Gains on the Force Concept Inventory to Students’ Individual Epistemological Changes
written by Lin Ding
Prior physics education studies have established a positive relationship between students' learning gains and their epistemological views measured at single time points (i.e., either before or after instruction). These studies, albeit informative, miss the dynamic nature of students' views about physics. In this study, we seek to investigate students' epistemological shifts in relation to their learning gains. Students' epistemological shifts were measured by the difference in their performances on the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS) before and after a traditionally taught introductory mechanics course (δCLASS). Student learning gains were measured by their normalized gains on the Force Concept Inventory (FCI). Results revealed a large variation in students' epistemological change after instruction despite a near-zero shift on average. Also, while no significant overall relation was detected between δCLASS and FCI normalized gains, the FCI results seemed to be sensitive to epistemological changes among the lower-end students who remained below average on both the pre and post CLASS. In this case, those who experienced a positive epistemological shift achieved higher conceptual gains than those otherwise.
Physics Education Research Conference 2014
Part of the PER Conference series
Minneapolis, MN: July 30-31, 2014
Pages 63-66
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10.1119/perc.2014.pr.012
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01.40.Fk
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01.40.Ha
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Epistemology, PERC 2014, conceptual learning, epistemological change, introductory physics, learning gains
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2014 PERC Notable Paper

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Posted: March 20, 2019 at 12:53PM
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This paper was one of four 2014 PERC Proceedings papers selected as notable by PERLOC and the Notable Papers subcommittee.

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L. Ding, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2014, Minneapolis, MN, 2014, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13449&DocID=4048).
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L. Ding, Sensitivity of Learning Gains on the Force Concept Inventory to Students’ Individual Epistemological Changes, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2014, Minneapolis, MN, 2014, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13449&DocID=4048>.
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Ding, L. (2014, July 30-31). Sensitivity of Learning Gains on the Force Concept Inventory to Students’ Individual Epistemological Changes. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2014, Minneapolis, MN. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13449&DocID=4048
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Ding, Lin. "Sensitivity of Learning Gains on the Force Concept Inventory to Students’ Individual Epistemological Changes." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2014, Minneapolis, MN, July 30-31, 2014. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13449&DocID=4048 (accessed 29 March 2024).
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Ding, Lin. "Sensitivity of Learning Gains on the Force Concept Inventory to Students’ Individual Epistemological Changes." Physics Education Research Conference 2014. Minneapolis, MN: 2014. 63-66 of PER Conference. 29 Mar. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13449&DocID=4048>.
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