Speaker
Drew Rosen
(University of Edinburgh)
Description
Dual-process theories of reasoning have been successfully used to explain student reasoning patterns in undergraduate physics. Studying student reasoning requires designing and testing new physics questions to probe the heuristics used and why they are used. We discuss how new questions are developed and showcase how a new optics question was tested.
| Education level | Age over 18 (excluding teacher education) |
|---|---|
| Physics topic | Full curriculum |
| Research focus | Student conceptions / Preconceptions / Misconceptions |
| Research method | Analytic Physics Education Research (Quantitative research) |
| Organizing preference criteria | Track |
Author
Drew Rosen
(University of Edinburgh)