An Overview of Recent Research on Multiple Representations

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written by David Rosengrant, Eugenia Etkina, and Alan Van Heuvelen

In this paper we focus on some of the recent findings of the physics education research community in the area of multiple representations. The overlying trend with the research is how multiple representations help students learn concepts and skills and assist them in problem solving. Two trends developed from the latter are: how students use multiple representations when solving problems and how different representational formats affect student performance in problem solving. We show how our work relates to these trends and provide the reader with an overall synopsis of the findings related to the advantages and disadvantages of multiple representations for learning physics.

Physics Education Research Conference 2006
Part of the PER Conference series
Syracuse, New York: July 26-27, 2006
Volume 883, Pages 149-152

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Published: January 30, 2007

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Education Foundations - Cognition - Learning Theory = Representations - Problem Solving = Representational Use Education Practices - Instructional Material Design	- Lower Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Research study

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Mirror:: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2508714
Access Rights:: Available for purchase
Restriction:: © 2006 American Institute of Physics
DOI:: 10.1063/1.2508714
NSF Numbers:: 0241078; 0336713
PACSs:: 01.40.Fk; 01.40.gb
Keywords:: PERC 2006, metaanalysis, multiple representations, teaching methods
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created June 4, 2007 by Shawn Weatherford
Record Updated:: July 16, 2013 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: January 30, 2007
Other Collections:: The PER-Central

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Rosengrant, D., Etkina, E., & Van Heuvelen, A. (2006, July 26-27). An Overview of Recent Research on Multiple Representations. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2006, Syracuse, New York. Retrieved May 2, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=5264&DocID=2129

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Rosengrant, D, E. Etkina, and A. Van Heuvelen. "An Overview of Recent Research on Multiple Representations." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2006, Syracuse, New York, July 26-27, 2006. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=5264&DocID=2129 (accessed 2 May 2025).

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Rosengrant, David, Eugenia Etkina, and Alan Van Heuvelen. "An Overview of Recent Research on Multiple Representations." Physics Education Research Conference 2006. Syracuse, New York: 2006. 149-152 Vol. 883 of PER Conference. 2 May 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=5264&DocID=2129>.

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