Using action research to improve learning and formative assessment to conduct research

The paper reports on how educational research informed and supported both the process of refinement of introductory physics laboratory instruction and student development of scientific abilities. In particular we focus on how the action research approach paradigm combined with instructional approach...

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Main Authors: Eugenia Etkina, Anna Karelina, Sahana Murthy, Maria Ruibal-Villasenor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2009-06-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.010109