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designer: Ian D. Beatty
This web page contains a concept question for introductory physics on the use of strobe diagrams to demonstrate acceleration.  Given four different diagrams, users must decide which objects are accelerating.  This item can be used as a "Question of The Day" or with an electronic classroom response system (Clickers).  Background information and tips to elicit critical thinking are also provided.  

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Classical Mechanics
- Motion in One Dimension
= Acceleration
Education Foundations
- Assessment
= Instruments
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© 1995 University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Keywords:
a2l, acceleration, audience response, classroom vote, clicker question, graph, kinematics, motion maps, peer instruction, reponse system, strobe diagram
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(UMass Physics Education Research Group, Amherst, 1995), WWW Document, (http://clickercentral.net/library/item_0013).
AJP/PRST-PER
Assessing-to-Learn Physics: Strobe Diagram (UMass Physics Education Research Group, Amherst, 1995), <http://clickercentral.net/library/item_0013>.
APA Format
Assessing-to-Learn Physics: Strobe Diagram . (2007, June 30). Retrieved April 25, 2024, from UMass Physics Education Research Group: http://clickercentral.net/library/item_0013
Chicago Format
UMass Physics Education Research Group. Assessing-to-Learn Physics: Strobe Diagram . Amherst: UMass Physics Education Research Group, June 30, 2007. http://clickercentral.net/library/item_0013 (accessed 25 April 2024).
MLA Format
Assessing-to-Learn Physics: Strobe Diagram . Amherst: UMass Physics Education Research Group, 1995. 30 June 2007. 25 Apr. 2024 <http://clickercentral.net/library/item_0013>.
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@misc{ Title = {Assessing-to-Learn Physics: Strobe Diagram }, Publisher = {UMass Physics Education Research Group}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {25 April 2024}, Month = {June 30, 2007}, Year = {1995} }
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