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Title: New instrument for measuring student beliefs about physics and learning physics PDF
Url: https://phet.colorado.edu/publications/New%20Instrument%20For%20Measur...
Creator: Adams, Wendy
Publisher: University of Colorado Boulder
Description: The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS) is a new instrument designed to measure student beliefs about physics and about learning physics. This instrument extends previous work by probing additional aspects of student beliefs and by using wording suitable for students in a wide variety of physics courses. The CLASS has been validated using interviews, reliability studies, and extensive statistical analyses of responses from over 5000 students. In addition, a new methodology for determining useful and statistically robust categories of student beliefs has been developed. This paper serves as the foundation for an extensive study of how student beliefs impact and are impacted by their educational experiences. For example, this survey measures the following: that most teaching practices cause substantial drops in student scores; that a student's likelihood of becoming a physics major correlates with their Personal Interest score; and that, for a majority of student populations, women's scores in some categories, including Personal Interest and Real World Connections, are significantly different from men's scores.
LC Classification: Bibliography. Library science. Information resources (General) -- Subject bibliography -- Education -- Special topics, A-Z -- Research
Education -- Theory and practice of education -- Teaching (Principles and practice)
Science -- Physics -- Study and teaching. Research
Science -- Physics -- Study and teaching. Research -- General works
GEM Subject: Science
Science -- Physics
Science -- Instructional issues
Social studies
Social studies -- Psychology
Resource Type: Reference Material
Format: Document -- PDF
Audience: Educator
Learner
Education Level: Higher Education -- Graduate/Professional
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Language: English
Rights: The American Physical Society
Access Rights: Free access
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