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Mieke De Cock
In this paper, we examine student success on three variants of a test item given in different representational formats (verbal, pictorial, and graphical), with an isomorphic problem statement. We confirm results from recent papers where it is mentioned that physics students' problem-solving competence can vary with representational format and that solutions can be triggered by particular details of the representation. Previous studies are complemented with a fine grained analysis of solution strategies. We find that students use different problem-solving strategies, depending on the representational format in which the problem is stated.
Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research: Volume 8, Issue 2, Pages 020117
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=12638">De Cock, Mieke. "Representation use and strategy choice in physics problem solving." Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 8, no. 2, (November 15, 2012): 020117.</a>
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M. De Cock, Representation use and strategy choice in physics problem solving, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 8 (2), 020117 (2012), <https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.8.020117>.
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De Cock, M. (2012, November 15). Representation use and strategy choice in physics problem solving. Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 8(2), 020117. Retrieved March 7, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.8.020117
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De Cock, Mieke. "Representation use and strategy choice in physics problem solving." Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 8, no. 2, (November 15, 2012): 020117, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.8.020117 (accessed 7 March 2025).
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De Cock, Mieke. "Representation use and strategy choice in physics problem solving." Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 8.2 (2012): 020117. 7 Mar. 2025 <https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.8.020117>.
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