bbt physics survey 1

8/17/2019 BBT Physics Survey 1

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Question 1

A signifcant problem in learning physics is being able to memorize all the

inormation I need to know.

Strongly Disagree 1 ! " # strongly Agree not answered

Question

$hen I am sol%ing a physics problem& I try to decide what would be a reasonable

%alue or the answer.

Strongly Disagree 1 ! " # strongly Agree not answered

Question !

I think about the physics I e'perience in e%eryday lie.

Strongly Disagree 1 ! " # Strongly Agree not answered

Question "

It is useul or me to do lots and lots o problems when learning physics.


Question #

Ater I study a topic in physics and eel that I understand it& I ha%e di(culty

sol%ing problems on the same topic.


Question )

*nowledge in physics consists o many disconnected topics.


Question +

As physicists learn more& most physics ideas we use today are likely to be pro%enwrong.


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Question ,

$hen I sol%e a physics problem& I locate an e-uation that uses the %ariables

gi%en in the problem and plug in the %alues.


Question

I fnd that reading the te't in detail is a good way or me to learn physics.


Question 1/

0here is usually only one correct approach to sol%ing a physics problem.


Question 11

I am not satisfed until I understand why something works the way it does.


Question 1

I cannot learn physics i the teacher does not e'plain things well in class.


Question 1!

I do not e'pect physics e-uations to help my understanding o the ideas they

are 2ust or doing calculations.


Question 1"


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I study physics to learn knowledge that will be useul in my lie outside o school.


Question 1#

I I get stuck on a physics problem on my frst try& I usually try to fgure out a

di3erent way that works.


Question 1)

4early e%eryone is capable o understanding physics i they work at it.


Question 1+

5nderstanding physics basically means being able to recall something you6%e

read or been shown.


Question 1,

0here could be two di3erent correct %alues or the answer to a physics problem i

I use two di3erent approaches.


Question 1

0o understand physics I discuss it with riends and other students.


Question /

I do not spend more than f%e minutes stuck on a physics problem beore gi%ing

up or seeking help rom someone else.


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Question 1

I I don6t remember a particular e-uation needed to sol%e a problem on an e'am&

there6s nothing much I can do 7legally89 to come up with it.


Question

I I want to apply a method used or sol%ing one physics problem to another

problem& the problems must in%ol%e %ery similar situations.


Question !

In doing a physics problem& i my calculation gi%es a result %ery di3erent rom

what I6d e'pect& I6d trust the calculation rather than going back through the

problem.


Question "

In physics& it is important or me to make sense out o ormulas beore I can use

them correctly.


Question #

I en2oy sol%ing physics problems.


Question )

In physics& mathematical ormulas e'press meaningul relationships among

measurable -uantities.


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Question +

It is important or the go%ernment to appro%e new scientifc ideas beore they

can be widely accepted.


Question ,

:earning physics changes my ideas about how the world works.


Question

0o learn physics& I only need to memorize solutions to sample problems.


Question !/

;easoning skills used to understand physics can be helpul to me in my e%eryday

lie.


Question !1

$e use this statement to discard the sur%ey o people who are not reading the

-uestions.


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Question !!

I fnd careully analyzing only a ew problems in detail is a good way or me to

learn physics.


Question !"

I can usually fgure out a way to sol%e physics problems.


Question !#

0he sub2ect o physics has little relation to what I e'perience in the real world.


Question !)

0here are times I sol%e a physics problem more than one way to help my

understanding.


Question !+

0o understand physics& I sometimes think about my personal e'periences and

relate them to the topic being analyzed.


Question !,

It is possible to e'plain physics ideas without mathematical ormulas.



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Question !

$hen I sol%e a physics problem& I e'plicitly think about which physics ideas apply

to the problem.


Question "/

I I get stuck on a physics problem& there is no chance I6ll fgure it out on my own.


Question "1

It is possible or physicists to careully perorm the same e'periment and get two

%ery di3erent results that are both correct.


Question "

$hen studying physics& I relate the important inormation to what I already know

rather than 2ust memorizing it the way it is presented.

Strongly Disagree 1 ! " # Strongly Agree

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