Probing Student Ability to Construct Reasoning Chains: A New Methodology

Speirs, J. Caleb; Ferm Jr., William N.; Stetzer, MacKenzie R.; Lindsey, Beth A.

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Probing Student Ability to Construct Reasoning Chains: A New Methodology

written by J. Caleb Speirs, William N. Ferm Jr., MacKenzie R. Stetzer, and Beth A. Lindsey

Students are often asked to construct qualitative reasoning chains during scaffolded, research-based physics instruction. As part of a multi-institutional effort to investigate and assess the development of student reasoning skills in physics, we have been designing tasks that probe the extent to which students can create and evaluate reasoning chains. In one task, students are provided with correct reasoning elements (i.e., true statements about the physical situation as well as correct concepts and mathematical relationships) and are asked to assemble them into an argument that they can use to answer a specified physics problem. In this paper, the task is described in detail and preliminary results are presented.

Physics Education Research Conference 2016
Part of the PER Conference series
Sacramento, CA: July 20-21, 2016
Pages 328-331

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Speirs, J., Ferm Jr., W., Stetzer, M., & Lindsey, B. (2016, July 20-21). Probing Student Ability to Construct Reasoning Chains: A New Methodology. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2016, Sacramento, CA. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14262&DocID=4616

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Speirs, J, W. Ferm Jr., M. Stetzer, and B. Lindsey. "Probing Student Ability to Construct Reasoning Chains: A New Methodology." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2016, Sacramento, CA, July 20-21, 2016. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14262&DocID=4616 (accessed 18 April 2024).

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Speirs, J. Caleb, William N. Ferm Jr., MacKenzie R. Stetzer, and Beth Lindsey. "Probing Student Ability to Construct Reasoning Chains: A New Methodology." Physics Education Research Conference 2016. Sacramento, CA: 2016. 328-331 of PER Conference. 18 Apr. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14262&DocID=4616>.

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