Document Type

Conference Presentation

Publication Date

7-22-2020

Department

Physics and Astronomy

Keywords

physics teachers, laboratories, ability, measurement, experiments

Abstract

The American Association of Physics Teachers recommends that physics majors have proficiency in the following lab skills: constructing knowledge, modeling, designing experiments, analyzing and visualizing data, and communicating physics. I have developed a brief multiple-choice questionnaire to assess incoming students’ lab skill level in these areas. It was administered as both a pre-test and post-test for the first semester of introductory calculus-based physics. Preliminary results indicate that little improvement on the skills tested occurs without explicit instruction.

Comments

Poster presented at the summer meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers held virtually July 19-22, 2020.

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