Mini-Symposium: Dual-Process Theory in Physics Education Research

Presentations

• Dual-process theories of reasoning as a framework for investigating and supporting student reasoning in physics

  ORAL · Invited

  March 17, 2025, 1:45 PM – March 17, 2025, 2:21 PM

  Presenters

  • MacKenzie R Stetzer

    University of Maine

  Authors

  • MacKenzie R Stetzer

    University of Maine

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• Determining if context matters using a Dual Process Theory of Reasoning Framework

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 2:21 PM – March 17, 2025, 2:33 PM

  Presenters

  • Tyler Garcia

    North Dakota State University

  Authors

  • Tyler Garcia

    North Dakota State University

  • Mila Kryjevskaia

    North Dakota State University

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• Probing interactions between student knowledge, intuition, and reasoning

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 2:33 PM – March 17, 2025, 2:45 PM

  Presenters

  • Mila Kryjevskaia

    North Dakota State University

  Authors

  • Mila Kryjevskaia

    North Dakota State University

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• Understanding the attention of a salient distracting feature in a friction force question

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 2:45 PM – March 17, 2025, 2:57 PM

  Presenters

  • Drew J Rosen

    University of Edinburgh

  Authors

  • Drew J Rosen

    University of Edinburgh

  • Ashley Brown

    University of Edinburgh

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• Insight into student reasoning using Online Reasoning Chain Construction Assessments (ORCCA)

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 2:57 PM – March 17, 2025, 3:09 PM

  Presenters

  • Beth A. Lindsey

    Penn State Greater Allegheny

  Authors

  • Beth A. Lindsey

    Penn State Greater Allegheny

  • Megan L Nagel

    Penn State Greater Allegheny

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• Using metacognitive prompts to construct and examine student reasoning trajectories

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 3:09 PM – March 17, 2025, 3:21 PM

  Presenters

  • Em Sowles

    University of Maine

  Authors

  • Em Sowles

    University of Maine

  • Thomas Fittswood

    University of Maine

  • MacKenzie R Stetzer

    University of Maine

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• Investigation of context dependence of students' responses to thermodynamics problems and its potential application to dual-process theory research

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 3:21 PM – March 17, 2025, 3:33 PM

  Publication: (1) M. J. Brundage, D. E. Meltzer, and C. Singh, Investigating context dependence of introductory and advanced student responses to introductory thermodynamics conceptual problems (under review).

  Presenters

  • David E Meltzer

    Arizona State University

  Authors

  • David E Meltzer

    Arizona State University

  • Mary Jane Brundage

    Misericordia University

  • Chandralekha Singh

    University of Pittsburgh

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