Students' reasoning across contexts

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written by Rasil Warnakulasooriya and Lei Bao

We give two examples on how students' reasoning is dependent on the context of the questions. In the first example concerning the grounding of a neutral metal in the presence of a positive external charge, we show how relations can be thought of as preserved between two related questions. In the second example, concerning the grounding of a neutral metal in the presence of a negative external charge, we show how the reasoning is dependent on the fundamental ontological reasoning students have with respect to what type of charge is capable of movement. The implication for instruction is that a set of related questions as discussed in the paper can be used to elucidate and address the fundamental limitations of students' reasoning.

Physics Education Research Conference 2003
Part of the PER Conference series
Madison, WI: August 6-7, 2003
Volume 720, Pages 109-112

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Published: September 9, 2004

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Mirror:: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1807266
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DOI:: 10.1063/1.1807266
NSF Numbers:: 0087788; 0126070
PACS:: 01.40.Fk
Keywords:: PERC 2003, educational courses, electromagnetism, human factors, question context, student experiments, students' reasoning, teaching
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created July 14, 2005 by Lyle Barbato
Record Updated:: April 11, 2024 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: September 9, 2004
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