Self-reflection, Epistemological Beliefs, and Conceptual Gains

May, David; Etkina, Eugenia

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Self-reflection, Epistemological Beliefs, and Conceptual Gains

written by David May and Eugenia Etkina

This paper, presented at the 2001 Physics Education Research Conference, presents research into how weekly journals written by students can begin to answer three questions related to epistemological beliefs and self-reflection: (1) How articulate are students in describing how they learn? (2) How consistently do students report particular ways of learning? (3) Are there correlations between these patterns (if they exist) and standard measures of conceptual understanding? Students' weekly written journals were analyzed for the quality of reflection on what and how they learn. The authors found that the high-gain students tended to write more than the low-gain students and showed reflection that was more epistemologically sound.

Physics Education Research Conference 2001
Part of the PER Conference series
Rochester, New York: July 25-26, 2001

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Published: July 26, 2001

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education Foundations - Achievement - Assessment = Self Assessment - Communication = Writing - Sample Population = Special Need - Student Characteristics = Ability = Affect	- Lower Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Research study

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Mirror:: https://doi.org/10.1119/perc.2001…
Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2001 David B. May, Eugenia Etkina
DOI:: 10.1119/perc.2001.pr.012
NSF Number:: 9553460
Keywords:: PERC 2001, conceptual gains, epistemological beliefs, self-reflection
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created September 27, 2006 by Lyle Barbato
Record Updated:: March 14, 2018 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: July 26, 2001
Other Collections:: The PER-Central

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May, David, and Eugenia Etkina. "Self-reflection, Epistemological Beliefs, and Conceptual Gains." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2001, Rochester, New York, July 25-26, 2001. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4343&DocID=1036 (accessed 10 May 2024).

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May, David, and Eugenia Etkina. "Self-reflection, Epistemological Beliefs, and Conceptual Gains." Physics Education Research Conference 2001. Rochester, New York: 2001. of PER Conference. 10 May 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4343&DocID=1036>.

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