9 papers
Effect of Self Diagnosis on Subsequent Problem Solving Performance
Edit Yerushalmi, Andrew Mason, Elisheva Cohen +1
"Self-diagnosis tasks" aim at fostering diagnostic behavior by explicitly requiring students to present diagnosis as part of the activity of reviewing their problem solutions. The…
Self-Diagnosis, Scaffolding and Transfer in a More Conventional Introductory Physics Problem
Edit Yerushalmi, Andrew Mason, Elisheva Cohen +1
Previously we discussed how well students in an introductory physics course diagnosed their mistakes on a quiz problem with different levels of scaffolding support. In that case, t…
Identifying Differences in Diagnostic Skills between Physics Students: Students' Self-Diagnostic Performance Given Alternative Scaffolding
Elisheva Cohen, Andrew Mason, Chandralekha Singh +1
"Self-diagnosis tasks" aim at fostering diagnostic behavior by explicitly requiring students to present diagnosis as part of the activity of reviewing their problem solutions. We h…
Identifying Differences In Diagnostic Skills Between Physics Students: Developing A Rubric
Andrew Mason, Elisheva Cohen, Edit Yerushalmi +1
Expert problem solvers are characterized by continuous evaluation of their progress towards a solution. One characteristic of expertise is self-diagnosis directed towards elaborati…
Self-Diagnosis, Scaffolding and Transfer: A Tale of Two Problems
Andrew Mason, Elisheva Cohen, Chandralekha Singh +1
Helping students learn from their own mistakes can help them develop habits of mind while learning physics content. Based upon cognitive apprenticeship model, we asked students to…
Learning from mistakes: The effect of students' written self-diagnoses on subsequent problem solving
Andrew Mason, Edit Yerushalmi, Elisheva Cohen +1
Helping students learn to think like a physicist is an important goal of many introductory physics courses. One characteristic distinguishing more experienced physicists from novic…