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Sylvie Rainson, G. Tranströmer, and Laurence Viennot
In this article an analysis of the difficulties experienced by students when applying the principle of superposition to electric fields is presented. A study of university level students in France and Sweden revealed the existence of difficulties arising out of two issues: (1) a causal interpretation of some relationships, (2) the student's need for an effect, motion of some kind, to accept the existence of a field. The links between these obstacles and a lack of a unified view on electric phenomena are discussed from a pedagogical point of view.
American Journal of Physics: Volume 62, Issue 11, Pages 1026-1032
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=2803">Rainson, S, G. Tranströmer, and L. Viennot. "Students' understanding of superposition of electric fields." Am. J. Phys. 62, no. 11, (November 1, 1994): 1026-1032.</a>
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S. Rainson, G. Tranströmer, and L. Viennot, , Am. J. Phys. 62 (11), 1026 (1994), WWW Document, (https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17701).
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S. Rainson, G. Tranströmer, and L. Viennot, Students' understanding of superposition of electric fields, Am. J. Phys. 62 (11), 1026 (1994), <https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17701>.
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Rainson, S., Tranströmer, G., & Viennot, L. (1994, November 1). Students' understanding of superposition of electric fields. Am. J. Phys., 62(11), 1026-1032. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17701
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Rainson, S, G. Tranströmer, and L. Viennot. "Students' understanding of superposition of electric fields." Am. J. Phys. 62, no. 11, (November 1, 1994): 1026-1032, https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17701 (accessed 26 April 2024).
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Rainson, Sylvie, G Tranströmer, and Laurence Viennot. "Students' understanding of superposition of electric fields." Am. J. Phys. 62.11 (1994): 1026-1032. 26 Apr. 2024 <https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17701>.
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