Salience of Representations and Analogies in Physics

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written by Noah S. Podolefsky and Noah D. Finkelstein

This paper focuses on the dynamics as students reason using analogies. We describe analogical scaffolding, a model of cognitive processes by which students can use prior knowledge to learn new material, and apply this model to demonstrate its utility in describing the dynamics of student reasoning about EM waves in an interview. The present finegrained analysis confirms prior large-scale findings, that representations play a key role in student use of analogy.

Physics Education Research Conference 2007
Part of the PER Conference series
Greensboro, NC: August 1-2, 2007
Volume 951, Pages 164-167

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Published: November 12, 2007

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Education Foundations - Communication = Representations Education Practices - Pedagogy = Analogies Electricity & Magnetism - General	- Lower Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Research study

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Restriction:: © 2007 2007 American Institute of Physics.
DOI:: 10.1063/1.2820923
NSF Numbers:: 0410744; 0448176
PACSs:: 01.40.Fk; 01.40.gb
Keywords:: PERC 2007, analogical scaffolding, case-based reasoning, electromagnetic waves, physics, prior knowledge, representations, research initiatives, student experiments
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Record Updated:: July 16, 2013 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: November 12, 2007
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Podolefsky, Noah S., and Noah Finkelstein. "Salience of Representations and Analogies in Physics." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2007, Greensboro, NC, August 1-2, 2007. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9095&DocID=2012 (accessed 19 April 2024).

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Podolefsky, Noah S., and Noah Finkelstein. "Salience of Representations and Analogies in Physics." Physics Education Research Conference 2007. Greensboro, NC: 2007. 164-167 Vol. 951 of PER Conference. 19 Apr. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9095&DocID=2012>.

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