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We have investigated the long-term effect of student-centered instruction at the freshman level on juniors' performance on a conceptual survey of Electricity and Magnetism (E&M). We measured student performance on a research-based conceptual instrument--the Brief Electricity & Magnetism Assessment (BEMA)–over a period of 8 semesters (2004–2007). Concurrently, we introduced the University of Washington's Tutorials in Introductory Physics as part of our standard freshman curriculum. Freshmen took the BEMA before and after this Tutorial-based introductory course, and juniors took it after completion of their traditional junior-level E&M I and E&M II courses. We find that, on average, individual BEMA scores do not change significantly after completion of the introductory course--neither from the freshman to the junior year, nor from upper-division E&M I to E&M II. However, we find that juniors who had completed a non-Tutorial freshman course scored significantly lower on the (post-upper-division) BEMA than those who had completed the reformed freshman course--indicating a long-term positive impact of freshman Tutorials on conceptual understanding.
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© 2009 American Physical Society
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.020110
PACSs:
01.40.Fk
01.40.gb
01.40.G-
Keywords:
Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment, Tutorials, conceptual understanding, longitudinal study, upper-division E&M
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Metadata instance created February 16, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
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May 29, 2011 by Lyle Barbato
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S. Pollock, , Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 5 (2), 020110 (2009), WWW Document, (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.020110).
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S. Pollock, Longitudinal study of student conceptual understanding in electricity and magnetism, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 5 (2), 020110 (2009), <https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.020110>.
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Pollock, S. (2009, December 15). Longitudinal study of student conceptual understanding in electricity and magnetism. Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 5(2), 020110. Retrieved December 9, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.020110
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Pollock, Steven. "Longitudinal study of student conceptual understanding in electricity and magnetism." Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 5, no. 2, (December 15, 2009): 020110, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.020110 (accessed 9 December 2024).
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Pollock, Steven. "Longitudinal study of student conceptual understanding in electricity and magnetism." Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 5.2 (2009): 020110. 9 Dec. 2024 <https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.020110>.
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