New Perspectives on Student Reasoning about Measurement Uncertainty: More or Better Data

Autor/inn/en	Schang, Andy; Dew, Matthew; Stump, Emily M.; Holmes, N. G.; Passante, Gina
Titel	New Perspectives on Student Reasoning about Measurement Uncertainty: More or Better Data
Quelle	In: Physical Review Physics Education Research, 19 (2023) 2, Artikel 020105 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Schang, Andy) ORCID (Dew, Matthew) ORCID (Stump, Emily M.) ORCID (Holmes, N. G.) ORCID (Passante, Gina)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	College Students; Thinking Skills; Logical Thinking; Abstract Reasoning; Student Attitudes; Beliefs; Ambiguity (Context); Measurement Techniques; Cognitive Processes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Denkfähigkeit; Abstraktes Denken; Denken; Schülerverhalten; Belief; Glaube; Messtechnik; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess
Abstract	Uncertainty is an important and fundamental concept in physics education. Students are often first exposed to uncertainty in introductory labs, expand their knowledge across lab courses, and then are introduced to quantum mechanical uncertainty in upper-division courses. This study is part of a larger project evaluating student thinking about uncertainty across these contexts. In this research, we investigate advanced physics student thinking about uncertainty by asking them conceptual questions about how a hypothetical distribution of measurements would change if "more" or "better" data were collected in four different experimental scenarios. The scenarios include both classical and quantum experiments, as well as experiments that theoretically result in an expected single value or an expected distribution. This investigation is motivated by our goal of finding insights into students' potential point- and setlike thinking about uncertainty and of shining light on the limitations of those binary paradigms. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01