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Social Network Analysis and the Representation of Female Students in Introductory Undergraduate Physics

Hierath, Sarah Teresa
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1470422501

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2016, Master of Science (MS), Wright State University, Physics.
Physics Education Research has begun to focus on the learning habits, success, and connections of students in physics classrooms using Social Network Analysis (SNA). SNA is an important tool in studying classroom dynamics because it can be used to map the social structure of a classroom's interactions and to aid in understanding how students work and study together. This study presents network diagrams, statistics, centrality measures, and conceptual understanding correlations for 7 different sections of introductory physics. Centrality measures were determined from a first and last week survey in which students were asked to indicate their study partners within the class. Courses were then analyzed in aggregate and by gender to look for gender effects in network participation, which may take the form of different patterns of centrality, or different centrality shifts over the semester. These measures were then correlated with Force Concept Inventory (FCI) scores and gains.
Adrienne Traxler, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Jason Deibel, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Eric Rowley, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Doug Petkie, Ph.D. (Other)
120 p.
Physics
Physics Education Research; Social Network Analysis; Gender

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  • Hierath, S. T. (2016). Social Network Analysis and the Representation of Female Students in Introductory Undergraduate Physics [Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1470422501

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hierath, Sarah. Social Network Analysis and the Representation of Female Students in Introductory Undergraduate Physics. 2016. Wright State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1470422501.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hierath, Sarah. "Social Network Analysis and the Representation of Female Students in Introductory Undergraduate Physics." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1470422501

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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