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Alan Van Heuvelen and David P. Maloney
This article presents a new format for physics problems that is similar to the game show Jeopardy in which contestants are given the answer to a question and asked to state the question. In Physics Jeopardy, the problem starts with a mathematical equation, a graph or a diagram that describes a physical process. The solver constructs other representations of the problem including a word or picture description of a problem and process that is consistent with the equation, graph, or diagram. The Jeopardy Problem solution becomes an effort to represent a physical process in a variety of ways-sketches, diagrams, graphs, and equations-more like the method used by experienced physicists when analyzing problems.
American Journal of Physics: Volume 67, Issue 3, Pages 252-256
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=2990">Van Heuvelen, Alan, and David P. Maloney. "Playing Physics Jeopardy." Am. J. Phys. 67, no. 3, (March 1, 1999): 252-256.</a>
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Van Heuvelen, A., & Maloney, D. (1999, March 1). Playing Physics Jeopardy. Am. J. Phys., 67(3), 252-256. Retrieved December 17, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.1119/1.19233
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Van Heuvelen, Alan, and David P. Maloney. "Playing Physics Jeopardy." Am. J. Phys. 67, no. 3, (March 1, 1999): 252-256, https://doi.org/10.1119/1.19233 (accessed 17 December 2025).
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Van Heuvelen, Alan, and David P. Maloney. "Playing Physics Jeopardy." Am. J. Phys. 67.3 (1999): 252-256. 17 Dec. 2025 <https://doi.org/10.1119/1.19233>.
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