do expert views of attitudes to physics agree?
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Workshop presentation given at the Physics Higher Education Conference 2011, held at the University of Lancaster 8-9 Sept 2011TRANSCRIPT
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Do ‘expert’ views of attitudes towards physics agree?
Simon Bates, Robyn Donnelly, Cait MacPhee, Kate Slaughter
PHEC 8-9 Sept 2011, Lancaster UK.
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Do ‘expert’ views of attitudes to physics agree?
Simon Bates, Robyn Donnelly, Cait MacPhee, Kate Slaughter
PHEC 8-9 Sept 2011, Lancaster UK.
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Time to revisit the ‘expert’ view?
Original validation procedure (+ unanalyzed data)
Seen demographic differences in students, what about experts?
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Selected results Question 12 - I cannot learn physics if the teacher doesn't
explain things well in class
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(A, N, D) (57, 23, 20)
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Headline 1:
‘Expert’ views on 5 item statements not at all consistent in academic staff responses
(criteria: less than 2 out of 3 respondents agree)
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Item 12
“I cannot learn physics if the teacher does not explain things well in class.”
Expert response: D
%age of academic respondents: (A,N,D) (17, 22, 62)
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Item 37
“To understand physics, I sometimes think about my personal experiences and relate them to the topic being analyzed.”
Expert response: A
%age of academic respondents: (A,N,D) (66, 27, 7) 12
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Headline 2:
Some significant differences between M and F academic responses at the item and category level
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Item 37
“To understand physics, I sometimes think about my personal experiences and relate them to the topic being analyzed.”
Expert response: A
%age of academic respondents: (A,N,D) M (62, 30, 8) F (85, 15, 0) 14
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Category Real-World Connection
4 statements including item 37.
%age of academic respondents: (A,N,D) M (88,9,3) F (94,6, 0)
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Conclusion
The ‘expert’ view on some items of CLASS does not appear as clear cut as you might imagine it to be.
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Conclusions
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