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Comparing Student Use of Mathematical and Physical Vector Representations 
  
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Lower Undergraduate
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Education Foundations / Assessment of Students / Instruments
General Physics / Physics Education Research
General Physics / Vector Algebra
Education Foundations / Alternative Conceptions
Education Foundations / Communication / Representations
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J. Van Deventer and M. Wittmann - Conference Proceedings
Research has shown that students have difficulties with vectors in college introductory physics courses and high school physics courses; furthermore, students have been shown to perform worse on a vector task ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820935
Symbols: Weapons of Math Destruction 
  
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Lower Undergraduate
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E. Torigoe and G. Gladding - Conference Proceedings
This paper is part of an ongoing investigation of how students use and understand mathematics in introductory physics. Our previous research [1] revealed that differences in score as large as 50% can be observed ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820933
The Effect of Field Representation on Student Responses to Magnetic Force Questions 
  
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Electricity & Magnetism / Magnetic Fields and Forces / Magnetic Fields
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Education Practices / Active Learning / Modelling
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T. Scaife and A. Heckler - Conference Proceedings
We examine student understanding of the magnetic force exerted on a charged particle and report three findings from a series of tests administered to introductory physics students. First, we expand on previous ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820927
FCI-based Multiple Choice Test for Investigating Students' Representational Coherence 
  
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A. Savinainen, P. Nieminen, J. Viiri, J. Korkea-aho, and A. Talikka - Conference Proceedings
We present the Representation Test derived from the FCI for evaluating students' representational coherence on some aspects of gravitation and Newton's third law. The test consists of 23 questions addressing ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820926
Salience of Representations and Analogies in Physics 
  
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Education Practices / Pedagogy / Analogies
Electricity & Magnetism / General
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N. Podolefsky and N. Finkelstein - Conference Proceedings
This paper focuses on the dynamics as students reason using analogies. We describe analogical scaffolding, a model of cognitive processes by which students can use prior knowledge to learn new material, and ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820923
Expert and Novice Use of Multiple Representations During Physics Problem Solving 
  
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P. Kohl and N. Finkelstein - Conference Proceedings
It is generally believed that students should use multiple representations in solving certain physics problems. In this study, we interview expert and novice physicists as they solve two types of multiple ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820914
Expert-Novice Differences on a Recognition Memory Test of Physics Diagrams 
  
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A. Feil and J. Mestre - Conference Proceedings
This study used a recognition memory test and specially constructed pairs of physics diagrams to measure differences between physics experts and novices (who have not taken college physics) in the way simple ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820905
High school students' conceptual coherence of qualitative knowledge in the case of the force concept 
  
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Education Foundations / Learning Theory
Education Foundations / Research Design & Methodology
Education Foundations / Student Characteristics / Ability
Education Foundations / Student Populations
Education Foundations / Student Populations / English as a Second Language
Education Practices / Pedagogy / Instructional Issues
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A. Savinainen - Thesis
The notion of students’ conceptual coherence is introduced in this thesis to clarify what is meant by conceptual understanding. Students’ conceptual coherence is divided into three aspects: contextual, representational, ...
http://joypub.joensuu.fi/publications/dissertations/savinainen_coherence...
Measuring the Effect of Written Feedback on Writing 
  
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D. Demaree - Conference Proceedings
Members of the Physics and English departments at The Ohio State University (OSU) and Rochester Institute of Technology are involved in an ongoing study addressing issues related to writing activities in the ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820953
Reading Time as Evidence for Mental Models in Understanding Physics 
  
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D. Brookes, J. Mestre, and E. Stine-Morrow - Conference Proceedings
We present results of a reading study that show the usefulness of probing physics students' cognitive processing by measuring reading time. According to contemporary discourse theory, when people read a text, ...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2820948
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