New instrument for measuring student beliefs about physics and learning physics: The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey

dc.creator	N. D. Finkelstein
dc.creator	M. Dubson
dc.creator	N. S. Podolefsky
dc.creator	K. K. Perkins
dc.creator	W. K. Adams
dc.creator	C. E. Weiman
dc.date	2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:07:11Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:07:11Z
dc.identifier	1554-9178
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/f5dad2f888f94608a07ea8ca724b67a2
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/11027
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/f5dad2f888f94608a07ea8ca724b67a2
dc.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.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	American Physical Society
dc.relation	http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRSTPER/v2/e010101
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1554-9178
dc.source	Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research, Vol 2, Iss 1 (2006)
dc.subject	CLASS
dc.subject	Student beliefs
dc.subject	Gender scores
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	New instrument for measuring student beliefs about physics and learning physics: The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey
dc.type	Article