Effects on assessment caused by splits between belief and understanding

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written by Timothy L. McCaskey, Melissa H. Dancy, and Andrew Elby

We performed a new kind of FCI study to get at the differences between what students believe and what they think scientists believe. Students took the FCI in the standard way, and then made a second pass indicating "the answer they really believe" and "the answer they think a scientist would give." Students split on a large number of the questions, with women splitting more often than men.

Physics Education Research Conference 2003
Part of the PER Conference series
Madison, WI: August 6-7, 2003
Volume 720, Pages 37-40

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Education Foundations - Assessment - Problem Solving = Expert-Novice Comparisons - Societal Issues = Gender Issues - Student Characteristics = Affect	- Lower Undergraduate - Upper Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Research study

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DOI:: 10.1063/1.1807248
PACSs:: 01.40.Fk; 01.75.+m
Keywords:: PERC 2003, educational courses, educational institutions, human factors, personnel, teaching
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created July 13, 2005 by Lyle Barbato
Record Updated:: April 11, 2024 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: September 9, 2004
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