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Getting Started with Research on Epistemologies and Expectations
written by Andrew Elby
published by the American Association of Physics Teachers
edited by Charles R. Henderson and Kathleen A. Harper
In this chapter, I introduce the notion of student epistemologies and expectations, their views about what counts as knowledge and learning in a given physics class and in physics more generally.  I then review some of the ways in which researchers have studied these constructs and make suggestions about getting started on your own research.  A major theme is that important theoretical questions about the cognitive structures and processes underlying student epistemologies -- and how best to study them -- are not yet settled.  Researchers therefore need to try to uncover and articulate the theoretical assumptions implicit in their research methods.
Reviews in PER: Volume 2, Issue 2
Book Title: Getting Started in PER
Series Name:  Reviews in PER
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A. Elby, , in Getting Started in PER, edited by C. Henderson and K. Harper, (American Association of Physics Teachers, College Park, 2010), Vol. 2, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10578&DocID=2071).
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A. Elby, Getting Started with Research on Epistemologies and Expectations, in Getting Started in PER, edited by C. Henderson and K. Harper, (American Association of Physics Teachers, College Park, 2010), Vol. 2, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10578&DocID=2071>.
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Elby, A. (2010). Getting Started with Research on Epistemologies and Expectations. In Henderson, C., & Harper, K. (Eds.), Getting Started in PER (1, 2). College Park: American Association of Physics Teachers. Retrieved December 4, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10578&DocID=2071
Chicago Format
Elby, Andrew. "Getting Started with Research on Epistemologies and Expectations." In Getting Started in PER. 1 ed. Edited by Charles Henderson, and Kathleen Harper. College Park: American Association of Physics Teachers, 2010. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10578&DocID=2071 (accessed 4 December 2024).
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Elby, Andrew. "Getting Started with Research on Epistemologies and Expectations." Getting Started in PER. Eds. Henderson, Charles, and Kathleen Harper. 1 ed. Vol. 2. College Park: American Association of Physics Teachers, 2010. 14 Oct. 2010. 4 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10578&DocID=2071>.
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