Potential Danger in Pre-populating Exam Note Sheets with Formulas

• Autores: Timothy L. McCaskey
• Localización: The Physics Teacher, ISSN 0031-921X, Vol. 53, Nº. 6, 2015, pág. 363
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In previous work, I allowed students in my introductory physics course to write note sheets to prepare for exams, and I analyzed the contents as a way of determining what students saw as important in my course. In the present study, I tried a new note sheet approach where I supplied some equations for their notes in advance, thinking that doing so would focus students on other important conceptual aspects of the course. In all cases, I gave a brief survey to get student perspectives on their exam preparation. In addition, I introduced an online pre-exam forum asking students to respond to two short questions about how they might prepare their notes for the exam.