TA-designed vs. research-oriented problem solutions

Shih Yin Lin; Chandralekha Singh; William Mamudi; Charles Henderson; Edit Yerushalmi

doi:10.1063/1.3680043

TA-designed vs. research-oriented problem solutions

Shih Yin Lin, Chandralekha Singh, William Mamudi, Charles Henderson, Edit Yerushalmi

Department of Physics

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Abstract

In order to study graduate teaching assistants (TAs) beliefs and values about the design of instructor problem solutions, twenty-four TAs were provided with different solutions and asked to discuss their preferences for prominent solution features. TAs preferences for solution features were examined in light of the modeling of expert-like problem solving process as recommended in the literature. Results suggest that while many of the features TAs valued align with expert-like problem solving approaches, they noticed primarily "surface features" of solutions. Moreover, self-reported preferences did not match well with the solutions TAs wrote on their own.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2011 Physics Education Research Conference
Pages	255-258
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3680043
Publication status	Published - 2012 Mar 1
Event	2011 Physics Education Research Conference - Omaha, NE, United States Duration: 2011 Aug 3 → 2011 Aug 4

Publication series

Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	1413
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

Other

Other	2011 Physics Education Research Conference
Country	United States
City	Omaha, NE
Period	11-08-03 → 11-08-04

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Physics and Astronomy(all)

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Lin, S. Y., Singh, C., Mamudi, W., Henderson, C., & Yerushalmi, E. (2012). TA-designed vs. research-oriented problem solutions. In 2011 Physics Education Research Conference (pp. 255-258). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1413). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3680043

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