Using multimedia modules to better prepare students for introductory physics lecture

dc.creator	Zhongzhou Chen
dc.creator	Timothy Stelzer
dc.creator	Gary Gladding
dc.date	2010-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:15:02Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:15:02Z
dc.identifier	1554-9178
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/cdd07edf13f2432b9aecb4e9de17c362
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/17334
dc.description	It is known that introductory physics students rarely, if ever, read the textbook prior to coming to lecture. In this study, we report results from a curriculum intervention in a large enrollment introductory physics class that addresses this problem. In particular, we introduced web-based multimedia learning modules (MLMs) as a “prelecture assignment” designed to better prepare students before coming to lecture. We used student performance on “preflight questions” that they answer prior to lecture as a measure of their before-lecture understanding of the physics concepts. We found significant improvement in student performance and on the vast majority of these preflight questions as compared to that from previous semesters in which MLMs were not available. We found significant improvement for all students, independent of their background or ability level.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	American Physical Society, APS
dc.relation	http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.6.010108
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1554-9178
dc.source	Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research, Vol 6, Iss 1 (2010)
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	Using multimedia modules to better prepare students for introductory physics lecture
dc.type	article