Pre-service teachers' experience with Khan Academy in introductory physics

Lindstrøm, Christine; Gray, James

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Pre-service teachers' experience with Khan Academy in introductory physics

written by Christine Lindstrøm and James Gray

As a novel approach to the longstanding issue of how to help all students effectively learn and utilize math in physics, we integrated the free online mathematics learning system Khan Academy (KA) into introductory physics for pre-service teachers. Two focus group interviews (N=11) were conducted: one group had shown significant improvement on a math diagnostic test and the other had not. Thematic analysis revealed that the way KA was integrated into the course fostered internalization of the motivation for using KA; students displayed variability in depth of cognitive engagement in response to the feedback mechanism in KA; and KA helped students get into a 'mathematical mindset,' which enabled some students to forge deeper connections between math and physics. We also suggest fruitful avenues for further research on this longstanding issue in PER.

Physics Education Research Conference 2017
Part of the PER Conference series
Cincinnati, OH: July 26-27, 2017
Pages 248-251

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Education Foundations - Behavior - Sample Population = Instructor: Pre-service - Student Characteristics = Affect - Teacher Characteristics = Affect Education Practices - Instructional Material Design - Technology	- Lower Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Research study

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DOI:: 10.1119/perc.2017.pr.057
Keywords:: PERC 2017, Physics education research, educational computer software, mathematization, preservice teachers, undergraduate
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