Investigating Students' Ideas about Wavefront Aberrometry

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written by Dyan L. McBride and Dean A. Zollman

We describe a qualitative study of student understanding of the functions of the human eye and the resources used in understanding wavefront aberrometry, a relatively new method of diagnosing vision defects. Twelve students enrolled in an introductory physics class participated in a semi-structured clinical interview in which the functions of the eye, traditional diagnosis methods such as the eye chart, and wavefront aberrometry were discussed. Results from this study indicate that students do not initially understand the subjective nature of traditional diagnosis techniques and that the use of physical models of the eye and aberrometer can facilitate the transfer of prior knowledge to these concepts.

Physics Education Research Conference 2007
Part of the PER Conference series
Greensboro, NC: August 1-2, 2007
Volume 951, Pages 148-151

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Published: November 12, 2007

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education Foundations - Learning Theory Education Practices - Instructional Material Design Optics - The Eye	- Lower Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Research study

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Restriction:: © 2007 2007 American Institute of Physics.
DOI:: 10.1063/1.2820918
NSF Number:: 0426754
PACSs:: 01.40.Fk; 01.70.+w
Keywords:: PERC 2007, Semi-Structured Clinical Interview, Transfer of Prior Knowledge, philosophical aspects, physics, research initiatives, student experiments
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Record Updated:: July 16, 2013 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: November 12, 2007
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McBride, Dyan, and Dean Zollman. "Investigating Students' Ideas about Wavefront Aberrometry." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2007, Greensboro, NC, August 1-2, 2007. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9091&DocID=2008 (accessed 19 March 2025).

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McBride, Dyan, and Dean Zollman. "Investigating Students' Ideas about Wavefront Aberrometry." Physics Education Research Conference 2007. Greensboro, NC: 2007. 148-151 Vol. 951 of PER Conference. 19 Mar. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9091&DocID=2008>.

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