Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

2014

Keywords

Reasoning, Metacognition, Laboratory, Reflections

Abstract

A scaffolded metacognition activity was incorporated into the laboratory component of the introductory physics course at Western Washington University (WWU) and Whatcom Community College (WCC). Each week, students wrote reflectively to contrast their initial and current understanding of a specific physics topic, and described the "trigger" events that led them to change their thinking. Goals were to enhance conceptual understanding as well as the depth and quality of student reflection. A coding scheme was developed to evaluate student reflections. We present the scaffolded activity and coding scheme, as well as preliminary findings about changes in student reflection over time and correlations between amount of reflection and conceptual learning.

Publication Title

PERC 2014 Proceedings

DOI

10.1119/perc.2014.pr.041

Required Publisher's Statement

2014 PERC Proceedings,edited by Engelhardt, Churukian, and Jones; Peer-reviewed,

doi:10.1119/perc.2014.pr.041

Published by the American Association of Physics Teachers under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. Further distribution must maintain attribution to the article’s authors, title, proceedings citation, and DOI.

Sponsorship/Conference/Institution

Physics Education Research Conference 2014

Location

Minneapolis, MN

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Metacognition; Critical thinking--Study and teaching; Reasoning--Study and teaching

Subjects - Names (LCNAF)

Western Washington University; Whatcom Community College

Geographic Coverage

Bellingham (Wash.); Whatcom County (Wash.)

Genre/Form

proceedings (reports)

Type

Text

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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