Examining Student Responses for Meaningful Understanding in the Context of Wavefront Aberrometry

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written by Dyan L. McBride and Dean A. Zollman

We present a qualitative study from group learning and teaching interviews that were conducted as part of ongoing research to examine how students use their physics knowledge in novel situations. The data were analyzed for meaningful understanding using techniques previously presented by Lawson et al. and Nieswandt and Bellomo. Preliminary results indicate that students primarily utilize lower-level concepts and concept links when attempting to construct an understanding of wavefront aberrometry.

Physics Education Research Conference 2008
Part of the PER Conference series
Edmonton, Canada: July 23-24, 2008
Volume 1064, Pages 159-162

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DOI:: 10.1063/1.3021242
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PACSs:: 01.40.Fk; 01.40.gb; 01.40.G-; 01.50.H-; 01.50.F-; 42.66.ew; 01.40.J-
Keywords:: PERC 2008, educational aids, educational computing, educational technology, electroretinography, engineering education, human eye, learning (artificial intelligence), meaningful understanding, physics education, research and development management, resources, teaching, wavefront aberrometry
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Record Updated:: July 16, 2013 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: October 20, 2008
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McBride, D., & Zollman, D. (2008, July 23-24). Examining Student Responses for Meaningful Understanding in the Context of Wavefront Aberrometry. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2008, Edmonton, Canada. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8100&DocID=731

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McBride, Dyan, and Dean Zollman. "Examining Student Responses for Meaningful Understanding in the Context of Wavefront Aberrometry." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2008, Edmonton, Canada, July 23-24, 2008. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8100&DocID=731 (accessed 26 April 2024).

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McBride, Dyan, and Dean Zollman. "Examining Student Responses for Meaningful Understanding in the Context of Wavefront Aberrometry." Physics Education Research Conference 2008. Edmonton, Canada: 2008. 159-162 Vol. 1064 of PER Conference. 26 Apr. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8100&DocID=731>.

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