Interactive video tutorials for enhancing problem solving, reasoning, and meta-cognitive skills of introductory physics students
Chandralekha Singh

TL;DR
This paper presents interactive video tutorials designed to improve physics students' problem solving, reasoning, and meta-cognitive skills by guiding them through systematic strategies and reflective practices.
Contribution
It introduces a novel interactive tutorial approach that scaffolds problem solving and promotes meta-cognitive development in introductory physics students.
Findings
Students improved problem solving after tutorials
Tutorials helped students develop reasoning skills
Preliminary results show increased problem-solving success
Abstract
We discuss the development of interactive video tutorial-based problems to help introductory physics students learn effective problem solving heuristics. The video tutorials present problem solving strategies using concrete examples in an interactive environment. They force students to follow a systematic approach to problem solving and students are required to solve sub-problems (research-guided multiple choice questions) to show their level of understanding at every stage of prob lem solving. The tutorials are designed to provide scaffolding support at every stage of problem solving as needed and help students view the problem solving process as an opportunity for knowledge and skill acquisition rather than a "plug and chug" chore. A focus on helping students learn first to analyse a problem qualitatively, and then to plan a solution in terms of the relevant physics principles, can be…
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