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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…
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During a sequence of interventions including a tutorial and a teaching interview, a student (“Bryce”) showed evidence of understanding all the steps of Riemann-sum style reasoning…
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I discuss the development and validation of an instrument known as the Calculus Concept Inventory (CCI). Patterned closely on the highly successful Force Concept Inventory (FCI,…
B. Wilcox and S. Pollock, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 11 (1), 010108 (2015).
The Dirac delta function is a standard mathematical tool that appears repeatedly in the undergraduate physics curriculum in multiple topical areas including electrostatics, and…