Replicating and understanding successful innovations: Implementing tutorials in introductory physics

dc.creator	S. J. Pollock
dc.creator	N. D. Finkelstein
dc.date	2005-09-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:33:56Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:33:56Z
dc.identifier	1554-9178
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/804ecc5104da47b890392333df4f2ddf
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/31284
dc.description	We report a detailed study of the implementation of Tutorials in Introductory Physics at a large-scale research institution. Based on two successive semesters of evaluation, we observe students’ improved conceptual mastery (force and motion concept evaluation median normalized gain 0.77, N=336 ), albeit with some student discontent. We replicate the results of original studies of tutorial effectiveness and document how and why these results occur. Additionally, using the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey we measure the support of students’ expertlike beliefs about learning physics in our environment. We examine this implementation from a viewpoint that emphasizes varying contextual levels of this implementation, from students’ engagement in individual tasks, to the situations in which these tasks are embedded, to the broader classroom, departmental, and educational structures. We document both obvious and subtle features that help ensure the successful implementation of these reforms.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	American Physical Society
dc.relation	http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRSTPER/v1/e010101
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1554-9178
dc.source	Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research, Vol 1, Iss 1 (2005)
dc.subject	Tutorials
dc.subject	Tutorial effectiveness
dc.subject	CLASS
dc.subject	Innovations
dc.subject	Reforms
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	Replicating and understanding successful innovations: Implementing tutorials in introductory physics
dc.type	article