Being explicit about the choice and influence of theoretical constructs in research

BUTELER, LAURA; COLEONI, ENRIQUE; LINDER, CEDRIC; PODOLESFSKY, NOAH; RUSS, ROSEMARY

Bar Harbor, Maine

Congreso; Foundations and Frontiers in Physics Education Research Conference; 2009

Universty of Maine

Presenters give 15 minutes talks about their research, the focus of which will be on the researchers choice (either implicit or explicit) of theoretical construct and how that choice influences their data collection or analysis. Tne talks will be followed by a roundtable discussion in which the presenters will discuss one anothrs word and comment on differences in interpretation that arise from different theoretical assumptions.