The Role of Student Reflection in Project-based Learning Physics Courses

Ward, Kristina; Duda, Gintaras

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The Role of Student Reflection in Project-based Learning Physics Courses

written by Kristina Ward and Gintaras Duda

This paper will present the results of a study of student reflections from several project-based learning (PBL) courses at Creighton, including an upper-division quantum mechanics course and a freshman-level integrated calculus and physics course. Student reflections give interesting insights into areas of the course, such as student motivation, changes in students' epistemologies, teaming issues, and the effectiveness of the project-based pedagogy.We will present several lessons learned from having students write frequent reflective essays, demonstrate the power of using student reflection as a tool for PER research on attitudes and epistemologies, and discuss strategies for increasing the usefulness of embedded reflection within the course.

Physics Education Research Conference 2014
Part of the PER Conference series
Minneapolis, MN: July 30-31, 2014
Pages 263-266

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Education Foundations - Learning Theory - Student Characteristics = Skills Education Practices - Instructional Material Design = Project - Pedagogy = Instructional Issues	- Upper Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Research study

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DOI:: 10.1119/perc.2014.pr.062
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Keywords:: PERC 2014, Pedagogy in Upper Division Courses, Problem-based Learning, epistemology, reflection
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