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| Abstract Title: | Upper level physics students conceptions of understanding |
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| Abstract: | In the framework of a larger study investigating the identity development of upper level physics students, we interviewed students about their conception of understanding -- what it means to understand in a physics context. Students frequently respond that understanding is "the ability to explain a concept to another person". Further probing into this common phrase revealed wildly divergent conceptions about how explaining an idea to another person relates one's own understanding, or even what "understanding" entails. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Paul Irving Kansas State University Physics Department 116 Cardwell Hall, KSU Manhattan, KS 66502 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Eleanor Sayre |
