Enhancing Introductory Student Motivation with a Major-Managed Course Blog: A Pilot Study
Physics Education
2011-08-09 v1
Abstract
Enhancing motivation and learning attitudes in an introductory physics course is an important but difficult task that can be achieved through class blogging. We incorporated into an introductory course a blog operated by upper-level physics students. Using the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS), periodic in-class surveys, analysis of student blog comments, and post-instructional interviews, we evaluate how the blog combined with class instruction provided the students with a better sense of relevance and confidence and outline recommendations for future use of this strategy.
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@article{arxiv.1108.1591,
title = {Enhancing Introductory Student Motivation with a Major-Managed Course Blog: A Pilot Study},
author = {Ashley A. August and Kenneth C. Bretey and Bryant T. Cory and Elliott R. Finkley and Robbie D. Jones and Dennis W. Marshall and Phillip C. Rowley and W. Brian Lane},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.1591},
year = {2011}
}
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Submitted to American Journal of Physics