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http://dx.doi.org/10.21796/jse.2020.44.2.225

Analysis of Reflective Thinking Characteristic of College Students in General Physics Experiment  

Kim, Hee Jung (Ewha Womans University)
Choi, Kyoulee (Korea Institute for Creative Education)
Oh, Yoonjeong (Sungkyunkwan University)
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Journal of Science Education / v.44, no.2, 2020 , pp. 225-239 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to analyze the characteristics of reflective thoughts of students during experiments in general physics experiments. The participants were 32 college students, they submitted 10 experiment reports including answers to questions for reflective thinking. The results were as follows: First, students show reflective thinking broadly in the experiment, levels were followed by practical reflection, technical reflection, and critical reflection. Also, they actively accepted the knowledge related to experiments, but were passive in connecting new knowledge and experiences obtained through the experiments or forming new questions. Second, the reflective thinking of students show high correlation with experiments related to prior knowledge or the easy-to-understand process. Third, through the qualitative analysis of open-ended questions, it was confirmed that technical reflection occurs in individual evaluation, practical reflection in group evaluation, and practical reflection and critical reflection in improvement proposal. While the students' reflective thinking were superficial or mainly functional, however, they recursively examined the learning contents and the experimental process concurrently.
Keywords
Reflective thinking; Technical reflection; Practical reflection; Critical reflection; General physics experiment;
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