Development of Scientific Abilities in a Large Class

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written by Sahana Murthy and Eugenia Etkina

This paper describes our instructional and research efforts to help students in a large-enrollment (450 students) introductory laboratory course develop abilities used by practicing scientists. We focus on the ability to design an experimental investigation. We provide sample tasks, scoring rubrics and evidence of student improvement.

Physics Education Research Conference 2004
Part of the PER Conference series
Sacramento, California: August 4-5, 2004
Volume 790, Pages 133-136

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Published: September 1, 2005

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education Practices - Curriculum Development = Laboratory General Physics - Scientific Reasoning	- Lower Undergraduate - Graduate/Professional	- Reference Material = Research study

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Restriction:: © 2004 American Institute of Physics
DOI:: 10.1063/1.2084719
NSF Number:: 0241078
PACSs:: 01.40.Fk; 01.40.Gm; 01.50.Pa; 01.40.Di
Keywords:: PERC 2004, educational courses, experimental investigation, laboratory techniques, large enrollment course, scientific abilities, student experiments
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created October 19, 2009 by Alea Smith
Record Updated:: December 15, 2021 by Caroline Hall
Last Update when Cataloged:: September 1, 2005
Other Collections:: The PER-Central

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Murthy, S., & Etkina, E. (2004, August 4-5). Development of Scientific Abilities in a Large Class. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2004, Sacramento, California. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9551&DocID=2822

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Murthy, Sahana, and Eugenia Etkina. "Development of Scientific Abilities in a Large Class." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2004, Sacramento, California, August 4-5, 2004. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9551&DocID=2822 (accessed 1 May 2025).

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Murthy, Sahana, and Eugenia Etkina. "Development of Scientific Abilities in a Large Class." Physics Education Research Conference 2004. Sacramento, California: 2004. 133-136 Vol. 790 of PER Conference. 1 May 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9551&DocID=2822>.

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