New instrument for measuring student beliefs about physics and learning physics: The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey

The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS) is a new instrument designed to measure student beliefs about physics and about learning physics. This instrument extends previous work by probing additional aspects of student beliefs and by using wording suitable for students in a wide v...

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Autores principales:	N. D. Finkelstein, M. Dubson, N. S. Podolefsky, K. K. Perkins, W. K. Adams, C. E. Weiman
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Publicado:	American Physical Society 2006
Materias:	CLASS Student beliefs Gender scores Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Physics QC1-999
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/f5dad2f888f94608a07ea8ca724b67a2
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f5dad2f888f94608a07ea8ca724b67a22021-12-02T10:53:26ZNew instrument for measuring student beliefs about physics and learning physics: The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey 1554-9178https://doaj.org/article/f5dad2f888f94608a07ea8ca724b67a22006-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://link.aps.org/abstract/PRSTPER/v2/e010101https://doaj.org/toc/1554-9178The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS) is a new instrument designed to measure student beliefs about physics and about learning physics. This instrument extends previous work by probing additional aspects of student beliefs and by using wording suitable for students in a wide variety of physics courses. The CLASS has been validated using interviews, reliability studies, and extensive statistical analyses of responses from over 5000 students. In addition, a new methodology for determining useful and statistically robust categories of student beliefs has been developed. This paper serves as the foundation for an extensive study of how student beliefs impact and are impacted by their educational experiences. For example, this survey measures the following: that most teaching practices cause substantial drops in student scores; that a student’s likelihood of becoming a physics major correlates with their “Personal Interest” score; and that, for a majority of student populations, women’s scores in some categories, including “Personal Interest” and “Real World Connections,” are significantly different from men’s scores.N. D. FinkelsteinM. DubsonN. S. PodolefskyK. K. PerkinsW. K. AdamsC. E. WeimanAmerican Physical SocietyarticleCLASSStudent beliefsGender scoresSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691PhysicsQC1-999ENPhysical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research, Vol 2, Iss 1 (2006)
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spellingShingle	CLASS Student beliefs Gender scores Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Physics QC1-999 N. D. Finkelstein M. Dubson N. S. Podolefsky K. K. Perkins W. K. Adams C. E. Weiman New instrument for measuring student beliefs about physics and learning physics: The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey
description	The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS) is a new instrument designed to measure student beliefs about physics and about learning physics. This instrument extends previous work by probing additional aspects of student beliefs and by using wording suitable for students in a wide variety of physics courses. The CLASS has been validated using interviews, reliability studies, and extensive statistical analyses of responses from over 5000 students. In addition, a new methodology for determining useful and statistically robust categories of student beliefs has been developed. This paper serves as the foundation for an extensive study of how student beliefs impact and are impacted by their educational experiences. For example, this survey measures the following: that most teaching practices cause substantial drops in student scores; that a student’s likelihood of becoming a physics major correlates with their “Personal Interest” score; and that, for a majority of student populations, women’s scores in some categories, including “Personal Interest” and “Real World Connections,” are significantly different from men’s scores.
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title	New instrument for measuring student beliefs about physics and learning physics: The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey
title_short	New instrument for measuring student beliefs about physics and learning physics: The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey
title_full	New instrument for measuring student beliefs about physics and learning physics: The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey
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New instrument for measuring student beliefs about physics and learning physics: The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey

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