Correlating Student Beliefs with Student Learning Using the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey
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Katherine Perkins, Wendy K. Adams, Steven J. Pollock, Noah D. Finkelstein, and Carl E. Wieman
A number of instruments have been designed to probe the variety of attitudes, beliefs, expectations, and epistemological frames taught in our introductory physics courses. Using a newly developed instrument -- the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS) -- we examine the relationship between students' beliefs about physics and other educational outcomes, such as conceptual learning and student retention. We report results from surveys of over 750 students in a variety of courses, including several courses modified to promote favorable beliefs about physics. We find positive correlations between particular student beliefs and conceptual learning gains, and between student retention and favorable beliefs in select categories. We also note the influence of teaching practices on student beliefs.
Physics Education Research Conference 2004
Part of the PER Conference series
Sacramento, California: August 4-5, 2004
Volume 790, Pages 61-64
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=9532">Perkins, K, W. Adams, S. Pollock, N. Finkelstein, and C. Wieman. "Correlating Student Beliefs with Student Learning Using the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2004, Sacramento, California, August 4-5, 2004.</a>
K. Perkins, W. Adams, S. Pollock, N. Finkelstein, and C. Wieman, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2004, Sacramento, California, 2004, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9532&DocID=2790).
K. Perkins, W. Adams, S. Pollock, N. Finkelstein, and C. Wieman, Correlating Student Beliefs with Student Learning Using the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2004, Sacramento, California, 2004, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9532&DocID=2790>.
Perkins, K., Adams, W., Pollock, S., Finkelstein, N., & Wieman, C. (2004, August 4-5). Correlating Student Beliefs with Student Learning Using the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2004, Sacramento, California. Retrieved April 9, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9532&DocID=2790
Perkins, K, W. Adams, S. Pollock, N. Finkelstein, and C. Wieman. "Correlating Student Beliefs with Student Learning Using the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2004, Sacramento, California, August 4-5, 2004. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9532&DocID=2790 (accessed 9 April 2025).
Perkins, Katherine, Wendy Adams, Steven Pollock, Noah Finkelstein, and Carl Wieman. "Correlating Student Beliefs with Student Learning Using the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey." Physics Education Research Conference 2004. Sacramento, California: 2004. 61-64 Vol. 790 of PER Conference. 9 Apr. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9532&DocID=2790>.
@inproceedings{
Author = "Katherine Perkins and Wendy Adams and Steven Pollock and Noah Finkelstein and Carl Wieman",
Title = {Correlating Student Beliefs with Student Learning Using the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey},
BookTitle = {Physics Education Research Conference 2004},
Pages = {61-64},
Address = {Sacramento, California},
Series = {PER Conference},
Volume = {790},
Month = {August 4-5},
Year = {2004}
}
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