Welcome to Physics 1A03 In-Person and At-Home Lab Survey
When the pandemic hit, the Physics 1A03 Team had to pivot the traditional in-person labs to an at-home version quickly. The result of this pivot was a set of five home-labs performed with a lab kit which can be done easily on your own. When designing the lab kit labs, we wanted to make sure students could perform the home-labs independently with simple, affordable equipment while still learning about data analysis, graphing, and, of course, physics. Now that labs are back to in-person we want to take this opportunity to compare the different modalities both from an enjoyment and a learning perspective. Please take a moment to reflect on the two different styles of labs with this short (< 5 minutes), anonymous survey.
We will first ask a few questions about your experience with the in-person lab, then the home-lab you have performed, followed by some general questions. Your answers are valuable to us as a way to determine what works best, what does not work, and how we can do better.
In order to receive the 5 points on your kinematics labs for the survey, you will be asked to submit a screenshot of the "thank you" message you receive when the survey has been submitted. This does not indicate that you have answered any of the questions, just that you have submitted the survey. If you wish not to participate in the survey, you can submit a blank survey.
This study is being conducted by Dr. Miranda Schmidt, Dr. Kari Dalnoki-Veress and Sara Cormier of the McMaster University Physics and Astronomy Department. If you still have questions or need to ask anything about this questionnaire, please contact us (schmim10@mcmaster.ca, dalnoki@mcmaster.ca, cormiesl@mcmaster.ca). Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback!
This study has been reviewed and cleared by the McMaster Research Ethics Board (MREB#6109).
If you have any concerns or questions about your rights as a participant or about the way the study is being conducted, please contact:
McMaster Research Ethics Board Secretariat Telephone 1-(905) 525-9140 ext. 23142 E-mail: ethicsoffice@mcmaster.ca
There are 14 questions in this survey.
