written by Michael E. Loverude and Sissi L. Li

Among the canonical physics core courses taken by most undergraduate majors is a course in mathematical methods. Physics education research has begun to explore upper division physics courses, as well as the use of mathematics throughout the physics curriculum. The math methods course is an especially opportune environment to study the development of conceptual understanding of key ideas in mathematics and physics as well as the development of broadly applicable skills and the sociocultural norms of physics. In this poster we will explore some of what happened in a particular math methods course, with attention to the development of student content understanding as well as the development of community norms.

• Download PERC13_Loverude.pdf - 292kb Adobe PDF Document

Published February 1, 2014
Last Modified January 31, 2014

This file is included in the full-text index.