The Dynamics of Students' Behaviors and Reasoning during Collaborative Physics Tutorial Sessions
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Luke D. Conlin, Ayush Gupta, Rachel E. Scherr, and David Hammer
We investigate the dynamics of student behaviors (posture, gesture, vocal register, visual focus) and the substance of their reasoning during collaborative work on inquiry-based physics tutorials. Scherr has characterized student activity during tutorials as observable clusters of behaviors separated by sharp transitions, and has argued that these behavioral modes reflect students' epistemological framing of what they are doing, i.e., their sense of what is taking place with respect to knowledge. We analyze students' verbal reasoning during several tutorial sessions using the framework of Russ, and find a strong correlation between certain behavioral modes and the scientific quality of students' explanations. We suggest that this is due to a dynamic coupling of how students behave, how they frame an activity, and how they reason during that activity. This analysis supports the earlier claims of a dynamic between behavior and epistemology. We discuss implications for research and instruction.
Physics Education Research Conference 2007
Part of the PER Conference series Greensboro, NC: August 1-2, 2007 Volume 951, Pages 69-72
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=9050">Conlin, L, A. Gupta, R. Scherr, and D. Hammer. "The Dynamics of Students' Behaviors and Reasoning during Collaborative Physics Tutorial Sessions." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2007, Greensboro, NC, August 1-2, 2007.</a>
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L. Conlin, A. Gupta, R. Scherr, and D. Hammer, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2007, Greensboro, NC, 2007, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9050&DocID=1981).
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L. Conlin, A. Gupta, R. Scherr, and D. Hammer, The Dynamics of Students' Behaviors and Reasoning during Collaborative Physics Tutorial Sessions, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2007, Greensboro, NC, 2007, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9050&DocID=1981>.
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Conlin, L., Gupta, A., Scherr, R., & Hammer, D. (2007, August 1-2). The Dynamics of Students' Behaviors and Reasoning during Collaborative Physics Tutorial Sessions. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2007, Greensboro, NC. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9050&DocID=1981
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Conlin, L, A. Gupta, R. Scherr, and D. Hammer. "The Dynamics of Students' Behaviors and Reasoning during Collaborative Physics Tutorial Sessions." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2007, Greensboro, NC, August 1-2, 2007. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9050&DocID=1981 (accessed 19 April 2024).
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Conlin, Luke, Ayush Gupta, Rachel Scherr, and David Hammer. "The Dynamics of Students' Behaviors and Reasoning during Collaborative Physics Tutorial Sessions." Physics Education Research Conference 2007. Greensboro, NC: 2007. 69-72 Vol. 951 of PER Conference. 19 Apr. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9050&DocID=1981>.
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Author = "Luke Conlin and Ayush Gupta and Rachel Scherr and David Hammer",
Title = {The Dynamics of Students' Behaviors and Reasoning during Collaborative Physics Tutorial Sessions},
BookTitle = {Physics Education Research Conference 2007},
Pages = {69-72},
Address = {Greensboro, NC},
Series = {PER Conference},
Volume = {951},
Month = {August 1-2},
Year = {2007}
}
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