Attitudes about science and conceptual physics learning in university introductory physics courses

dc.creator	Marina Milner-Bolotin1
dc.creator	Tetyana Antimirova2
dc.creator	Andrea Noack3
dc.creator	Anna Petrov4
dc.date	2011-09-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:19:17Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:19:17Z
dc.identifier	1554-9178
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/98a7fff32d7741c58e4a8731612994c5
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/27482
dc.description	This paper examines the results of the repeated administration of the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS) in a large introductory physics course at a midsize, metropolitan Canadian university. We compare the results to those obtained previously in comparable courses at the University of British Columbia (Canada) and the University of Colorado (U.S.). Atypically, students in this study exhibited a positive shift in their attitudes about science over the semester. The change in students’ attitudes across the term appears to be moderated by their educational background—specifically, whether they had taken grade 12 physics or not. The correlation between students’ attitudes and their conceptual knowledge also appears to be influenced by students’ educational background. The results have pedagogical implications for instructors of introductory college and university physics and potentially for other science courses.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	American Physical Society, APS
dc.relation	http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.7.020107
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
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	Attitudes about science and conceptual physics learning in university introductory physics courses
dc.type	article