Self-Diagnosis, Scaffolding and Transfer in a More Conventional Introductory Physics Problem

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written by Edit Yerushalmi, Andrew J. Mason, Elisheva Cohen, and Chandralekha Singh

Previously we discussed how well students in an introductory physics course diagnosed their mistakes on a quiz problem with different levels of scaffolding support. In that case, the problem they self-diagnosed was unusually difficult. We also discussed issues related to transfer, particularly the fact that the transfer problem in the midterm that corresponded to the self-diagnosed problem was a far transfer problem. Here, we discuss a related intervention in which we repeated the study methodology with the same students in the same intervention groups, using a new quiz problem which was more typical for these students and a near transfer problem. We discuss how these changes affected students' ability to self-diagnose and transfer from the self-diagnosed quiz problem to a transfer problem on the midterm exam.

Physics Education Research Conference 2009
Part of the PER Conference Invited Paper series
Ann Arbor, Michigan: July 29-30, 2009
Volume 1179, Pages 23-26

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DOI:: 10.1063/1.3266725
PACS:: 01.40.Fk
Keywords:: PERC 2009, Self-diagnose, transfer
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Yerushalmi, E., Mason, A., Cohen, E., & Singh, C. (2009, July 29-30). Self-Diagnosis, Scaffolding and Transfer in a More Conventional Introductory Physics Problem. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9903&DocID=1535

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Yerushalmi, E, A. Mason, E. Cohen, and C. Singh. "Self-Diagnosis, Scaffolding and Transfer in a More Conventional Introductory Physics Problem." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 29-30, 2009. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9903&DocID=1535 (accessed 25 April 2024).

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Yerushalmi, Edit, Andrew Mason, Elisheva Cohen, and Chandralekha Singh. "Self-Diagnosis, Scaffolding and Transfer in a More Conventional Introductory Physics Problem." Physics Education Research Conference 2009. Ann Arbor, Michigan: 2009. 23-26 Vol. 1179 of PER Conference Invited Paper. 25 Apr. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9903&DocID=1535>.

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