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Award Abstract #0133621
PECASE: Research on Students' Mental Models, Learning and Transfer as a Guide to Application-Based Curriculum Development and Instruction in Physics
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DRL
Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL)
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| Initial Amendment Date: |
March 7, 2002 |
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| Latest Amendment Date: |
March 21, 2007 |
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| Award Number: |
0133621 |
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| Award Instrument: |
Continuing grant |
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| Program Manager: |
Larry E. Suter
DRL Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL)
EHR Directorate for Education & Human Resources
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| Start Date: |
March 15, 2002 |
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| Expires: |
February 29, 2008 (Estimated) |
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| Awarded Amount to Date: |
$436796 |
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| Investigator(s): |
N. Sanjay Rebello srebello@phys.ksu.edu (Principal Investigator)
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| Sponsor: |
Kansas State University
2 FAIRCHILD HALL
MANHATTAN, KS 66506 785/532-6804
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| NSF Program(s): |
RESEARCH ON LEARNING & EDUCATI
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| Field Application(s): |
0116000 Human Subjects
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| Program Reference Code(s): |
SMET, 9177, 9150, 1076, 1045
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| Program Element Code(s): |
1666
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ABSTRACT
Proposal Title: PECASE: Research on Students' Mental Models, Learning and Transfer as a Guide to Application-Based Curriculum Development and Instruction in Physics
Institution: Kansas State University
The development of student's mental models has not been studied extensively in Physics education research. Initial evidence indicating that mental models and their application are strongly context dependent is particularly relevant to application-based curriculum. In this PECASE project, I investigate students' mental models of real-world devices, how these models evolve through instruction, and whether they transfer across contexts. Next, I utilize my research results to develop application-based curriculum, organized into versatile weeklong instructional modules that are pilot-tested in introductory classes that I teach. I assess the impact of the model development on the students, as well as issues of transfer of learning from one context to another. As a spin-off from this investigation, I develop instruments that are transferable to other research on student mental model development. This research is also integrated into a graduate level course that I team-teach. The course focuses on current Trends and issues in physics education research. Students in this course are involved in my research through a capstone project in this course. Two experienced faculty members facilitate my professional development through the project. A pioneer in physics education and head of the department mentors my growth as a researcher and teacher in the graduate course. An award-winning teacher at the introductory undergraduate level mentors my pilot testing of the application-based curricula in the introductory courses that I teach. Overall this project builds a strong foundation for a lifetime of contributions to research and education in physics pedagogy.
This project was originally funded as a CAREER award, and was converted to a Presidential Early Career Award for Engineers and Scientists (PECASE) award in May 2004.
PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH
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Carina M. Poltera, Peter R. Fletcher, N. Sanjay Rebello. "Students' epistemic modes while making sense of action movie clips," Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, April 2006., v.1, 2006, p. XX.
Corpuz, E. G. and Rebello, N. S.. "Hands-On and Minds-On Modeling Activities to Improve Students? Conceptions of Microscopic Friction," Proceedings of the 2007 Physics Education Research Conference, v.951, 2007, p. 73.
Corpuz, E. G. and Rebello, N. S.. "Scaffolding Activities to Facilitate Student Modeling of Microscopic Friction," Proceedings of the 2007 Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, v.X, 2007, p. X.
Edgar G. Corpuz, N. Sanjay Rebello. "Introductory College Students' Explanations of Friction and Related Phenomena at the Microscopic Level," Proceedings of the 2004 Physics Education Research Conference, August 4-5, 2004, Sacramento, CA., v.1, 2004, p. XX.
Edgar G. Corpuz, N. Sanjay Rebello. "Introductory College Students' Mental Models of Friction and Lubrication at the Microscopic Level," Proceedings of the 2005 Annual Meeting of the National Association of Research in Science Teaching, April 4-7, 2005, Dallas, TX., v.1, 2005, p. XX.
Edgar G. Corpuz, N. Sanjay Rebello. "Dynamic transfer in the context of microscopic friction: Case study with an introductory college student," Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 2006, v.1, 2006, p. XX.
Edgar G. Corpuz, N. Sanjay Rebello. "Students' conceptual development in the context of microscopic friction: A case study with two students," Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, April 2006, v.1, 2006, p. XX.
Haynicz, J. J. and Rebello, N. S.. "Students' Ideas of a Blender and Perceptions of Scaffolding Activities," Proceedings of the 2007 Physics Education Research Conference, v.951, 2007, p. 116.
Haynicz, J. J. and Rebello, N. S.. "Dynamic Transfer in the Context of an Electric Blender," Proceedings of the 2007 Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, v.X, 2007, p. X.
Jacquelyn Haynicz, Peter R. Fletcher, N. Sanjay Rebello. "College students' ideas about some everyday electrical devices," Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, April 2006, v.1, 2006, p. XX.
Kara E. Gray, Zdeslav Hrepic, Salomon F. Itza-Ortiz, Alicia R. Allbaugh,
Paula V. Engelhardt, N. Sanjay Rebello & Dean A. Zollman. "Implications of a framework for student reasoning in an interview," Proceedings of the 2003 Physics Education Research Conference, Madison, WI, 2003, p. 125.
N. Sanjay Rebello, Alicia R. Allbaugh, Paula V. Engelhardt, Kara E. Gray, Zdeslav Hrepic, Salomon F. Itza-Ortiz, Dean A. Zollman. "A Model for Dynamic Transfer of Learning," Proceedings of the 2005 Annual Meeting of the National Association of Research in Science Teaching, April 4-7, 2005, Dallas, TX., v.1, 2005, p. XX.
N. Sanjay Rebello, Peter R. Fletcher. "Teacher-Researcher Professional Development: Case Study at Kansas State University," Procedings of the Physics Education Research Conference, August 2005, 2005, p. 129.
Paula V. Engelhardt, Edgar G. Corpuz, Darryl J. Ozimek, N. Sanjay Rebello. "The Teaching Experiment: What it is and what it isn't.," Proceedings of the 2003 Physics Education Research Conference, Madison, WI, 2003, p. 157.
Paula V. Engelhardt, Kara E. Gray, N. Sanjay Rebello. "How many students does it take before we see the light?," The Physics Teacher, v.42, 2004, p. 216.
Paula V. Engelhardt, Kara E. Gray, Zdeslav Hrepic, Salomon F. Itza-Ortiz,
Alicia R. Allbaugh, N. Sanjay Rebello & Dean A. Zollman. "A framework for student reasoning in an interview," Proceedings of the 2003 Physics Education Research Conference, Madison, WI., 2003, p. 121.
Peter R. Fletcher, N. Sanjay Rebello. "A framework for integrated professional development," Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, April 2006, v.1, 2006, p. XX.
Rebello, N. S. and Zollman, D. A.. "Investigating Dynamic Transfer in Multiple Contexts: Overarching Theoretical Framework and Methodology," Proceedings of the 2007 Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, v.X, 2007, p. X.
Salomon Itza-Ortiz, Alicia R. Allbaugh, Paula V. Engelhardt, Kara E. Gray, Zdeslav Hrepic, N. Sanjay Rebello, Dean A. Zollman. "A framework for the dynamics of student reasoning in an interview," Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, April 2004., 2004, p. 69.
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