Brief, embedded, spontaneous metacognitive talk indicates thinking like a physicist

Sayre, Eleanor C.; Irving, P. W.

Brief, embedded, spontaneous metacognitive talk indicates thinking like a physicist

dc.citation.doi	10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.11.020121
dc.citation.issn	1554-9178
dc.citation.issue	2
dc.citation.jtitle	Physical Review Special Topics-Physics Education Research
dc.citation.spage	17
dc.citation.volume	11
dc.contributor.author	Sayre, Eleanor C.
dc.contributor.author	Irving, P. W.
dc.contributor.authoreid	esayre
dc.date.accessioned	2016-04-06T15:11:34Z
dc.date.available	2016-04-06T15:11:34Z
dc.date.issued	2015-09-23
dc.date.published	2015
dc.description	Citation: Sayre, E. C., & Irving, P. W. (2015). Brief, embedded, spontaneous metacognitive talk indicates thinking like a physicist. Physical Review Special Topics-Physics Education Research, 11(2), 17. doi:10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.11.020121
dc.description	[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Upper Division Physics Courses.] Instructors and researchers think "thinking like a physicist" is important for students' professional development. However, precise definitions and observational markers remain elusive. We reinterpret popular beliefs inventories in physics to indicate what physicists think thinking like a physicist entails. Through discourse analysis of upper-division students' speech in natural settings, we show that students may appropriate or resist these elements. We identify a new element in the physicist speech genre: brief, embedded, spontaneous metacognitive talk (BESM talk). BESM talk communicates students' in-the-moment enacted expectations about physics as a technical field and a cultural endeavor. Students use BESM talk to position themselves as physicists or nonphysicists. Students also use BESM talk to communicate their expectations in four ways: understanding, confusion, spotting inconsistencies, and generalized expectations.
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2097/32433
dc.relation.uri	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.11.020121
dc.rights	Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dc.subject	Student Expectations
dc.subject	Harmonic Motion
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Knowledge
dc.subject	Instruction
dc.subject	Framework
dc.title	Brief, embedded, spontaneous metacognitive talk indicates thinking like a physicist
dc.type	Article

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