Scientific Practices in Minimally Working Programs

Oleynik, Daniel; Irving, Paul W.

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Scientific Practices in Minimally Working Programs

written by Daniel Oleynik and Paul W. Irving

Computational problem solving practices are beginning to be the center of many introductory physics courses. Specifically, at MSU, students regularly work on computational problems situated in physics that involve minimally working programs. Currently, very little research has been done on minimally working programs in regards to problem difficulty. From problem-based literature, the paper will use the traits of Complexity and Structuredness from Jonassen et al. Complexity is used to create a framework of problem difficulty applicable to minimally working programs while Structuredness is used to study possible epistemological conflicts between curriculum intention and design.

Physics Education Research Conference 2019
Part of the PER Conference series
Provo, UT: July 24-25, 2019
Pages 435-440

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Education Foundations - Problem Solving = Frameworks Education Practices - Active Learning = Cooperative Learning - Instructional Material Design = Activity = Problem/Question - Technology = Computers General Physics - Computational Physics	- Lower Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Research study

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