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Correlations Between Introductory Students’ Attitudes About Physics and Conceptual Understanding

Alzahrani, Raym
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1484680800563644

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2016, Master of Science (MS), Wright State University, Physics.
The purpose of this study is to measure correlations between the students’ incoming attitudes, beliefs and expectations about physics and their conceptual understanding. The study presents a profile of the attitudes and beliefs for Wright State University students who enrolled in calculus-based General Physics I courses during academic years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016. Students’ initial and final attitudes, measured using the CLASS, are correlated with initial and final conceptual gain, measured using the Force Concept Inventory. Students’ initial attitudes (Opre) was correlated with students’ gain (FCIgain) in many sections. Correlations between students’ final attitudes (Opost) and their conceptual understanding (FCIpost), reported in work at other universities, were not consistently seen here. However, a significant correlation between students’ initial attitudes and their conceptual understanding shows in most of the sections.
Adrienne Traxler, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Jason Deibel, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Eric Rowley, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
81 p.
Education; Physics
physics; education

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  • Alzahrani, R. (2016). Correlations Between Introductory Students’ Attitudes About Physics and Conceptual Understanding [Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1484680800563644

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Alzahrani, Raym. Correlations Between Introductory Students’ Attitudes About Physics and Conceptual Understanding . 2016. Wright State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1484680800563644.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Alzahrani, Raym. "Correlations Between Introductory Students’ Attitudes About Physics and Conceptual Understanding ." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1484680800563644

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