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Tools for identifying courses that support development of expertlike physics attitudes

Jayson M. Nissen, Ian Her Many Horses, Ben Van Dusen, Manher Jariwala, and Eleanor W. Close
Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 17, 013103 – Published 13 April 2021
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Abstract

Educators and researchers often use research-based assessments before and after instruction to measure the efficacy of courses. Limited resources exist for interpreting assessment results, particularly for attitudinal surveys. We present analyses and representations created with data from 192 introductory physics courses that educators and researchers can use to provide a context for interpreting results from the Colorado Learning Attitudes About Science Survey. The provided data came from the online Learning About STEM Student Outcomes platform and from the scientific literature. The representations include scatter plots of pretest and post-test scores and distributions of effect sizes. Educators and researchers can use these representations to show how courses compare to the larger database before and after instruction. Results almost always associated physics courses for nonscience majors with shifts to more expertlike attitudes, whereas this was the case for approximately one-third of introductory physics courses for science majors.

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  • Received 3 December 2020
  • Accepted 10 March 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.17.013103

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Physics Education Research

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Jayson M. Nissen1, Ian Her Many Horses2, Ben Van Dusen3, Manher Jariwala4, and Eleanor W. Close5

  • 1Nissen Education Research and Design, Corvallis, Oregon 97333, USA
  • 2School of Education, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
  • 3School of Education, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
  • 4Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
  • 5Department of Physics, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas 78666, USA

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Vol. 17, Iss. 1 — January - June 2021

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