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Ronald K. Thornton and David R. Sokoloff
This tutorial for conceptual physics asks students to predict the appearance of distance and velocity graphs for different types of walking motion, then verify their predictions with a motion sensor. If all members of the cooperative group predict correctly, the group moves to the next problem. If not, the group's task is to analyze the error to see what went wrong, then write statements about how to modify incorrect ideas to avoid the same mistake in the future.
For accompanying homework problems: Catching Mistakes: Motion Graphs Homework (UMPERG) This tutorial was developed by the University of Maryland Physics Education Research Group (UMPERG). It is based on Tools for Scientific Thinking, a microcomputer-based laboratory curriculum for student development of concepts and intuition in the laboratory. Editor's Note: See Related Materials for a link to the full index of Sense-Making Tutorials and for an editor-recommended simulation-based lab on graphing motion.
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This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.
Topic: Kinematics: The Physics of Motion
Unit Title: Graphing Unique approach based on a prediction model of learning. Students predict the appearance of distance and velocity graphs for different types of walking motion, then verify their predictions with a motion sensor. If all members of the group predict correctly, they move to the next problem. If not, the group's task is to analyze the error to see what went wrong, then write statements to modify incorrect ideas. Lesson was designed using evidence from physics education research (PER). Link to Unit:
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R. Thornton and D. Sokoloff, Tutorials in Physics Sense-Making: Catching Mistakes: The Case of Motion Graphs (2003), <http://www.physics.umd.edu/perg/OSTutorials/01_Position_and_Velocity/Tutorial_01_X_and_V.pdf>.
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Thornton, R., & Sokoloff, D. (2003). Tutorials in Physics Sense-Making: Catching Mistakes: The Case of Motion Graphs. Retrieved December 2, 2024, from http://www.physics.umd.edu/perg/OSTutorials/01_Position_and_Velocity/Tutorial_01_X_and_V.pdf
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