Peer Instruction in introductory physics: A method to bring about positive changes in students’ attitudes and beliefs

This paper analyzes pre-post matched gains in the epistemological views of science students taking the introductory physics course at Beijing Normal University (BNU) in China. In this study we examined the attitudes and beliefs of science majors (n=441) in four classes, one taught using traditional...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ping Zhang, Lin Ding, Eric Mazur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2017-01-01
Series:Physical Review Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.13.010104