R. Bajracharya, T. Wemyss, and J. Thompson, PERC 2011 Proceedings, 111-114.
Physics students are expected to apply the mathematics learned in their mathematics courses to physics concepts and problems. Few PER studies have distinguished between difficulties…
N. Perez-Goytia, A. Dominguez, and G. Zavala, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 249-252.
The objective of this ongoing study is to refine an instrument to evaluate conceptual understanding and graphical interpretation of a function and its derivative. The instrument is…
D. Hu, J. Von Korff, and N. Rebello, PERC 2011 Proceedings, 215-218.
We carried out several experiments in which we used sequences of physics problems to investigate students' ability to apply calculus concepts in physics problems. In this paper, we…