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Physical Review Physics Education Research

written by Kelley Commeford, Eric Brewe, and Adrienne L. Traxler

The vast majority of research involving active learning pedagogies uses passive lecture methods as a baseline. We propose to move beyond such comparisons to understand the mechanisms that make different active learning styles unique. Here, we use COPUS observations to record student and instructor activities in six known styles of active learning in physics, and use latent profile analysis to classify these observations. Latent profile analysis using two profiles successfully groups COPUS profiles into interactive lecturelike and other. Five latent profiles successfully sorts observations into interactive lecturelike, Modeling Instruction, ISLE labs, context-rich problems labs, and recitationlike or discussionlike. This analysis serves as a proof of concept, and suggests instructional differences across pedagogies that can be further investigated using this method.

Editor's Note: The COPUS acronym stands for "The Classroom Observation Protocol for Undergraduate STEM".

Physical Review Physics Education Research: Volume 18, Issue 1, Pages 010113

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.18.010113

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Education Foundations - Learning Theory - Research Design & Methodology = Evaluation = Statistics Education Practices - Active Learning = Cooperative Learning = Inquiry Learning = Interactive Lecture Demonstration = Modeling = Problem Solving - Learning Environment - Teacher Preparation = Program Assessment General Physics - Physics Education Research	- Graduate/Professional	- Reference Material = Research study

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License:: This material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
Rights Holder:: American Physical Society
DOI:: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.18.010113
NSF Numbers:: DUE-1711017; DUE-1712341
Keywords:: Active Learning Pedagogy, Active Learning research, CALEP Project
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created February 28, 2022 by Lyle Barbato
Record Updated:: October 1, 2023 by Caroline Hall
Last Update when Cataloged:: February 23, 2022
Other Collections:: The PER-Central

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Commeford, K., Brewe, E., & Traxler, A. (2022, February 23). Characterizing active learning environments in physics using latent profile analysis. Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res., 18(1), 010113. Retrieved May 5, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.18.010113

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Commeford, K, E. Brewe, and A. Traxler. "Characterizing active learning environments in physics using latent profile analysis." Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 18, no. 1, (February 23, 2022): 010113, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.18.010113 (accessed 5 May 2024).

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Commeford, Kelley, Eric Brewe, and Adrienne Traxler. "Characterizing active learning environments in physics using latent profile analysis." Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 18.1 (2022): 010113. 5 May 2024 <https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.18.010113>.

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