A Two-Tiered Strategy to Help Students Assess Their Answers to Physics Problems.

For years there has been an acknowledged interest in having students assess the rationality of their solutions to physics problems. In fact, many textbooks now routinely include end-of-problem assessments as part of the authors' detailed solutions to examples. Over the past two decades, I have experimented with various forms of end-of-problem assessment strategies for my students in introductory, college-level physics classes. In this note, I will share my observations and recommendations for how this aspect of students' solutions can be productive and valuable for them, while providing insights into the students' understanding for the instructor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]