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In a previous study, students' self-expressed learning orientations towardsan exercise centered on self-monitoring one's ability to solve a pre-labphysics problem were identified from a post-test feedback survey given to anintroductory algebra-based physics student population spanning six measuredsemesters, and examined as a potential variable in course performance, forceand motion conceptual understanding, and attitudes towards learning physics.The sampled population, which primarily consists of life science majors, wasalso asked in the same feedback survey to discuss what portion or portions ofthe course were relevant to their respective choices of major. In this study,we examine the fact that about 50 students out of 218 sampled students, or 23%of the sample population, explicitly stated that they perceived no relevance atall of the course to their respective majors, whereas the other 168 studentscited portions of the course or the entirety of the course as being relevant totheir majors. A follow-up investigation of perceived relevance versusirrelevance shows that attitudes towards physics will experience moreexpert-like shifts for students who perceive relevance than students who donot; in particular, the attitudinal survey's item clusters that pertain topersonal interest and real-world connections appear to show the strongesteffect. Further examination showed that biology majors and health sciencemajors (two distinctive sub-populations of life science majors) show similarpre-post trends for relevance vs. irrelevance perceptions, whereas studentswith a performance achievement goal appeared to bifurcate between a novice-likeshift for perceived irrelevance and no attitudinal shift from pre to post forperceived relevance. Discussion includes emphasis on limitations imposed byinstitution type among other factors.

physical review. physics education research

Perceived irrelevance and mastery vs. performance achievement goals: Two  mindset variables within attitudinal experiences of life science majors in  introductory physics