Using action research to improve learning and formative assessment to conduct research
The paper reports on how educational research informed and supported both the process of refinement of introductory physics laboratory instruction and student development of scientific abilities. In particular we focus on how the action research approach paradigm combined with instructional approach...
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| author | Etkina, Eugenia Karelina, Anna Murthy, Sahana Ruibal-Villasenor, Maria |
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| description | The paper reports on how educational research informed and supported both the process of refinement of introductory physics laboratory instruction and student development of scientific abilities. In particular we focus on how the action research approach paradigm combined with instructional approaches such as scaffolding and formative assessment can be used to design the learning environment, investigate student learning, revise curriculum materials, and conduct subsequent assessment. As the result of the above efforts we found improvement in students’ scientific abilities over the course of three years. We suggest that the process used to improve the curriculum under study can be extended to many instructional innovations. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/517582022-09-27T22:40:59Z Using action research to improve learning and formative assessment to conduct research Etkina, Eugenia Karelina, Anna Murthy, Sahana Ruibal-Villasenor, Maria Murthy, Sahana Murthy, Sahana The paper reports on how educational research informed and supported both the process of refinement of introductory physics laboratory instruction and student development of scientific abilities. In particular we focus on how the action research approach paradigm combined with instructional approaches such as scaffolding and formative assessment can be used to design the learning environment, investigate student learning, revise curriculum materials, and conduct subsequent assessment. As the result of the above efforts we found improvement in students’ scientific abilities over the course of three years. We suggest that the process used to improve the curriculum under study can be extended to many instructional innovations. National Science Foundation 2010-02-12T19:47:02Z 2010-02-12T19:47:02Z 2009-06 2009-01 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1554-9178 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/51758 Etkina, Eugenia et al. “Using action research to improve learning and formative assessment to conduct research.” Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research 5.1 (2009): 010109. © 2009 The American Physical Society. en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.010109 Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Physical Society APS |
| spellingShingle | Etkina, Eugenia Karelina, Anna Murthy, Sahana Ruibal-Villasenor, Maria Using action research to improve learning and formative assessment to conduct research |
| title | Using action research to improve learning and formative assessment to conduct research |
| title_full | Using action research to improve learning and formative assessment to conduct research |
| title_fullStr | Using action research to improve learning and formative assessment to conduct research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using action research to improve learning and formative assessment to conduct research |
| title_short | Using action research to improve learning and formative assessment to conduct research |
| title_sort | using action research to improve learning and formative assessment to conduct research |
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