Identifying student resources for understanding kinematics
Physics education research (PER) studies of students' understanding of kinematics have largely been focused on difficulties and misconceptions – ideas that act as barriers to student understanding of formal physics. Our research takes an alternative perspective on students' ideas. We offer insight into student resources for understanding kinematics – ideas that we consider to be the "beginnings" of a more sophisticated scientific understanding of motion. Our analysis of 582 written student responses to several kinematics questions highlights four common resources students use when justifying their solutions to different problems. In this paper, we elaborate on these four resources and give examples from our preliminary research.
Physics Education Research Conference 2020
Part of the PER Conference series Virtual Conference: July 22-23, 2020 Pages 57-62
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=15459">Broadfoot, C, B. Hansen, A. Robertson, and L. Goodhew. "Identifying student resources for understanding kinematics." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2020, Virtual Conference, July 22-23, 2020.</a>
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C. Broadfoot, B. Hansen, A. Robertson, and L. Goodhew, Identifying student resources for understanding kinematics, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2020, Virtual Conference, 2020, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15459&DocID=5307>.
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Broadfoot, C., Hansen, B., Robertson, A., & Goodhew, L. (2020, July 22-23). Identifying student resources for understanding kinematics. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2020, Virtual Conference. Retrieved November 11, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15459&DocID=5307
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Broadfoot, C, B. Hansen, A. Robertson, and L. Goodhew. "Identifying student resources for understanding kinematics." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2020, Virtual Conference, July 22-23, 2020. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15459&DocID=5307 (accessed 11 November 2024).
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Broadfoot, Cheyenne, Brynna Hansen, Amy Robertson, and Lisa M. Goodhew. "Identifying student resources for understanding kinematics." Physics Education Research Conference 2020. Virtual Conference: 2020. 57-62 of PER Conference. 11 Nov. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15459&DocID=5307>.
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Author = "Cheyenne Broadfoot and Brynna Hansen and Amy Robertson and Lisa M. Goodhew",
Title = {Identifying student resources for understanding kinematics},
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Series = {PER Conference},
Month = {July 22-23},
Year = {2020}
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