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Impact on students' views of experimental physics from a large introductory physics lab course
written by Nidhal Sulaiman, Benjamin Pollard, and H. J. Lewandowski
Introductory physics lab courses aim to have students gain a wide variety of skills and knowledge, including developing views of the nature of experimental physics that are aligned with common expert views. The large introductory lab course (~ 700 students) at the University of Colorado Boulder has been recently transformed to explicitly address this goal among others. To measure the level of success in reaching this goal, we used an established assessment instrument, the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey for Experimental Physics (E-CLASS), which probes students' views and expectations of experimental physics. We collected students' responses to E-CLASS during three semesters before, and four semesters after, the course transformation. We observe statistically significant differences between the before and after transformation post-test scores of the (i) overall E-CLASS survey and (ii) some individual E-CLASS items, especially those closely related to specific course learning outcomes.
Physics Education Research Conference 2020
Part of the PER Conference series
Virtual Conference: July 22-23, 2020
Pages 533-538
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N. Sulaiman, B. Pollard, and H. Lewandowski, Impact on students' views of experimental physics from a large introductory physics lab course, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2020, Virtual Conference, 2020, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15538&DocID=5386>.
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Sulaiman, N., Pollard, B., & Lewandowski, H. (2020, July 22-23). Impact on students' views of experimental physics from a large introductory physics lab course. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2020, Virtual Conference. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15538&DocID=5386
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Sulaiman, N, B. Pollard, and H. Lewandowski. "Impact on students' views of experimental physics from a large introductory physics lab course." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2020, Virtual Conference, July 22-23, 2020. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15538&DocID=5386 (accessed 8 December 2024).
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Sulaiman, Nidhal, Benjamin Pollard, and Heather J. Lewandowski. "Impact on students' views of experimental physics from a large introductory physics lab course." Physics Education Research Conference 2020. Virtual Conference: 2020. 533-538 of PER Conference. 8 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15538&DocID=5386>.
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