Teaching and Learning Conference 2023

Poster

Please refer to a digital version of our poster below!

References

Below are the references used to create the poster for the 2023 Teaching and Learning Conference.

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B. R. Wilcox and H. J. Lewandowski, Open-Ended versus Guided Laboratory Activities: Impact on Students’ Beliefs about Experimental Physics, Physical Review Physics Education Research 12, (2016).

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C. Walsh, H. J. Lewandowski, and N. G. Holmes, Skills-Focused Lab Instruction Improves Critical Thinking Skills and Experimentation Views for All Students, Physical Review Physics Education Research 18, 010128 (2022).

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E. F. Redish, J. M. Saul, and R. N. Steinberg, Student Expectations in Introductory Physics A…, 1998.

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B. R. Wilcox and H. J. Lewandowski, Students’ Views about the Nature of Experimental Physics, Physical Review Physics Education Research 13, (2017).

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M. Eblen-Zayas, The Impact of Metacognitive Activities on Student Attitudes towards Experimental Physics, in (American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), 2016), pp. 104–107.

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N. G. Holmes, J. Ives, and D. A. Bonn, The Impact of Targeting Scientific Reasoning on Student Attitudes about Experimental Physics, in (American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), 2015), pp. 119–122.

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I. Halloun, Views About Science and Physics Achievement: The VASS Story, in (AIP Publishing, 2008), pp. 605–614.

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Francis, Becky et al. “The Construction of Physics as a Quintessentially Masculine Subject: Young People's Perceptions of Gender Issues in Access to Physics.” Sex roles vol. 76,3 (2017): 156-174. doi:10.1007/s11199-016-0669-z 

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 Rubin, Hannah, and Cailin O’Connor. "Discrimination and Collaboration in Science." Philosophy of Science 85.3 (2018): 380-402. Print

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the University of Waterloo and its Faculty of Science for funding this project with the Dean’s Undergraduate Teaching Initiative. We would also like to thank and acknowledge the Department of Physics and Astronomy for supporting this ongoing project. We would also like to thank the effort put forth by community, students, staff, faculty and all other members of our lab community. We would especially like to thank and acknowledge Dr. Donna Strickland, who oversaw the beginning of this multi-year project in Fall 2018 and has spearheaded many projects as a result of this work.