Moving toward change: Institutionalizing reform through implementation of the Learning Assistant model and Open Source Tutorials

dc.creator	Renee Michelle Goertzen1
dc.creator	Eric Brewe1,2
dc.creator	Laird H. Kramer1
dc.creator	Leanne Wells1
dc.creator	David Jones1
dc.date	2011-09-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:43:56Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:43:56Z
dc.identifier	1554-9178
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/a658265068ba4072a7a7cd8d761e42e8
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/23499
dc.description	Florida International University has undergone a reform in the introductory physics classes by focusing on the laboratory component of these classes. We present results from the secondary implementation of two research-based instructional strategies: the implementation of the Learning Assistant model as developed by the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Open Source Tutorial curriculum developed at the University of Maryland, College Park. We examine the results of the Force Concept Inventory (FCI) for introductory students over five years (n=872) and find that the mean raw gain of students in transformed lab sections was 0.243, while the mean raw gain of the traditional labs was 0.159, with a Cohen’s d effect size of 0.59. Average raw gains on the FCI were 0.243 for Hispanic students and 0.213 for women in the transformed labs, indicating that these reforms are not widening the gaps between underrepresented student groups and majority groups. Our results illustrate how research-based instructional strategies can be successfully implemented in a physics department with minimal department engagement and in a sustainable manner.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	American Physical Society, APS
dc.relation	http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.7.020105
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1554-9178
dc.source	Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research, Vol 7, Iss 2 (2011)
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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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	Moving toward change: Institutionalizing reform through implementation of the Learning Assistant model and Open Source Tutorials
dc.type	article