Barriers to the use of research-based instructional strategies: The influence of both individual and situational characteristics

dc.creator	Charles Henderson
dc.creator	Melissa H. Dancy
dc.date	2007-09-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:11:49Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:11:49Z
dc.identifier	1554-9178
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/de261841691045c39b7e36c5608c46f3
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/14739
dc.description	Many proven research-based instructional strategies have been developed for introductory college-level physics. Significant efforts to disseminate these strategies have focused on convincing individual instructors to give up their traditional practices in favor of particular research-based practices. Yet evidence suggests that the findings of educational research are, at best, only marginally incorporated into typical introductory physics courses. In this paper we present partial results of an interview study designed to generate new ideas about why proven strategies are slow to integrate in mainstream instruction. Specifically we describe the results of open-ended interviews with five physics instructors who represent likely users of educational research. We found that these instructors have conceptions about teaching and learning that are more compatible with educational research than with their self-described instructional practices. Instructors often blamed this discrepancy on situational factors that favor traditional instruction. A theoretical model is introduced to explain these findings.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	American Physical Society
dc.relation	http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRSTPER/v3/e020102
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1554-9178
dc.source	Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research, Vol 3, Iss 2 (2007)
dc.subject	Instructional strategies
dc.subject	Implementing education research
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	Barriers to the use of research-based instructional strategies: The influence of both individual and situational characteristics
dc.type	article