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Community Structure In Introductory Physics Course Networks, Adrienne L. Traxler
Community Structure In Introductory Physics Course Networks, Adrienne L. Traxler
Physics Faculty Publications
Student-to-student interactions are foundational to many active learning environments, but are most often studied using qualitative methods. Quantitative network analysis tools complement this picture, allowing researchers to describe the social interactions of whole classrooms as systems. Past results in introductory physics have suggested a sharp division in the formation of social structure between large lecture sections and small studio classroom environments. Extending those results, this study focuses on calculus-based introductory physics courses at a large public university with a heavily commuter and nontraditional student population. Community detection network methods are used to characterize pre- and post-course collaborative structure in several …
Epistemic Games Analysis Of Common Exam Questions Across Course Formats, Jonathan V. Mahadeo, Adrienne L. Traxler, Eric Brewe
Epistemic Games Analysis Of Common Exam Questions Across Course Formats, Jonathan V. Mahadeo, Adrienne L. Traxler, Eric Brewe
Physics Faculty Publications
This study investigates differences in problem-solving performance between three different introductory physics course formats at Florida International University. The course formats--lecture+laboratory (LL), inquiry-based (IQB), and lecture+laboratory+recitation (LLR)--all incorporated two Advanced Placement (AP) questions into their final exams. Students' written responses were evaluated via an AP scoring rubric, and during this scoring, we observed marked differences in solution behavior between the three course formats. To further investigate these differences, we used the framework of epistemic games to analyze student responses. To apply this framework to written work, an epistemic game rubric was created. Application of this rubric yielded game profiles for …