Structured quantitative inquiry labs : developing critical thinking in the introductory physics laboratory

Many undergraduate labs engage students in experimentation without developing critical thinking or scientific reasoning skills, especially about measurement and data. In this thesis, I present a pedagogical framework for developing students' critical thinking behaviours in a first-year undergra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Holmes, Natasha Grace
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/51363