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Physical Review Physics Education Research
written by Vashti Sawtelle and Chandra Turpen
This work examines how experiences in one disciplinary domain (biology) can impact the relationship a student builds with another domain (physics). We present a model for disciplinary relationships using the constructs of identity, affect, and epistemology. With these constructs we examine an ethnographic case study of a student who experienced a significant shift in her relationship with physics. We describe how this shift demonstrates (i) a stronger identification with physics, (ii) a more mixed affective stance towards physics, and (iii) more expertlike ways of knowing in physics. We argue that recruiting the student's relationship with biology into experiences of learning physics impacted her relationship with physics as well as her sense of how physics and biology are linked.
Physical Review Physics Education Research: Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 010136
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DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.010136
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DUE-1122818
Keywords:
IPLS case study, epistemology, knowledge construction, physics identity
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Metadata instance created September 28, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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June 5, 2023 by Caroline Hall
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V. Sawtelle and C. Turpen, , Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 12 (1), 010136 (2016), WWW Document, (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.010136).
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V. Sawtelle and C. Turpen, Leveraging a relationship with biology to expand a relationship with physics, Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 12 (1), 010136 (2016), <https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.010136>.
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Sawtelle, V., & Turpen, C. (2016, June 15). Leveraging a relationship with biology to expand a relationship with physics. Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res., 12(1), 010136. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.010136
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Sawtelle, Vashti, and Chandra Turpen. "Leveraging a relationship with biology to expand a relationship with physics." Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 12, no. 1, (June 15, 2016): 010136, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.010136 (accessed 7 November 2024).
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Sawtelle, Vashti, and Chandra Turpen. "Leveraging a relationship with biology to expand a relationship with physics." Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 12.1 (2016): 010136. 7 Nov. 2024 <https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.010136>.
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