Internal evaluation of students´ explanations when they solve physics problems

Authors

  • María Viviana Nieva
  • Laura Buteler

Keywords:

Internal evaluation; Students´ explanations; Physics problem solving

Abstract

The present work addresses the case study of the validation of two explanations given by a university student in the context of solving Physics problems. For this, the internal metric is applied as an analysis methodology. The internal metric is a multidi-mensional theoretical construction that allows the evaluation of explanations in different dimensions and with different re-sources. The three dimensions proposed in the theoretical framework are: intuition; local coherence and mechanistic reasoning. The data collection and analysis instrument are: audiovisual recordings and the analytical technique of identification of elements of knowledge and codes of the illustrated episode. The results suggest that this model constitutes a good instrument for internal evaluation of the explanations through the operationalization of its three dimensions.

Published

2020-11-18

How to Cite

Nieva, M. V., & Buteler, L. (2020). Internal evaluation of students´ explanations when they solve physics problems. Journal of Physics Teaching, 32, 279–288. Retrieved from https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revistaEF/article/view/31005

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