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Student determination of differential area elements in upper-division physics
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Benjamin P. Schermerhorn and John R. Thompson
Given the significance of understanding differential area vectors in multivariable coordinate systems to the learning of electricity and magnetism (E&M), students in junior-level E&M were interviewed about E&M tasks involving integration over areas. In one task, students set up an integral for the magnetic flux through a square loop. A second task asked students to set up an integral to solve for the electric field from a circular sheet of charge. Analysis identified several treatments of the differential area: (1) a product of differential lengths, (2) a sum of differential lengths, (3) a product of a constant length with differential length in one direction, (4) a derivative of the expression for a given area, and (5) the full area.
Physics Education Research Conference 2017
Part of the PER Conference series Cincinnati, OH: July 26-27, 2017 Pages 356-359
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Schermerhorn, B., & Thompson, J. (2017, July 26-27). Student determination of differential area elements in upper-division physics. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2017, Cincinnati, OH. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14644&DocID=4821
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Schermerhorn, Benjamin P., and John Thompson. "Student determination of differential area elements in upper-division physics." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2017, Cincinnati, OH, July 26-27, 2017. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14644&DocID=4821 (accessed 18 April 2024).
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Schermerhorn, Benjamin P., and John Thompson. "Student determination of differential area elements in upper-division physics." Physics Education Research Conference 2017. Cincinnati, OH: 2017. 356-359 of PER Conference. 18 Apr. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14644&DocID=4821>.
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Title = {Student determination of differential area elements in upper-division physics},
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Pages = {356-359},
Address = {Cincinnati, OH},
Series = {PER Conference},
Month = {July 26-27},
Year = {2017}
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