Next Thursday (9/20) Dr. Chris Moore will join us from UNO to present on "Scaffolding expert-like problem-solving and reasoning in physics and physical science".
Christopher Moore is the Dr. George F. Haddix Community Chair in Physical Science and Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Nebraska Omaha.
His group has begun the development and validation of the Omaha Assessment of Process in Problem-Solving (OAPPS), which is a structured rubric for the assessment of problem-solving process in introductory physics courses. The initial rubric consists of 12 criteria based on research in expert-like problem solving practice, multiple representations, and aspects of the Cooperative Group Problem Solving (CGPS) pedagogy. In contrast to other recent work on problem-solving assessment for use in research and curriculum development, this rubric was specifically designed for instructor use in the assignment of grades and for student use as a scaffold. In particular, the rubric both assesses and scaffolds student work as they move through multiple representations of physical systems: articulation of mental models, fundamental principles framing, physics-specific representations, and mathematical representations. He will discuss the validity and reliability of the OAPPS, its implementation, and the efficacy of rubric-based student peer-review as an assignable reflection task. He will also briefly discuss his previous work on the development and efficacy of science “Thinking Tasks” for the elementary and middle grades pre-service teacher population described in his published book Creating Scientists: Teaching and Assessing Science Practice for the NGSS, and his forthcoming book Teaching Science Thinking: Using Scientific Reasoning in the Classroom (release scheduled for December 2018).
Time: Thurs 9/20 from 2-3 pm.
Location: 109 Bessey Hall
If you are unable to join the seminar face-to-face in Bessey room 109, you are welcome to join us via zoom teleconferencing by clicking on (or copying-and-pasting into your browser) the following URL:
https://unl.zoom.us/j/212107342